单词 | arbalestre |
释义 | † arbalestrearbalesterarblastern. Obsolete. 1. = arbalest n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow arbalesta1100 arbalestrea1387 crossbow1432 pellock bow1537 latch1547 piece1590 stock-bow1598 steel bow1607 balister1679 arcubalist1774 oblest1780 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. Rolls Ser. 297 Þe men..vseþ balles and alblastres [L. arcubalistis]. c1400 Rom. Rose 4196 Of arblasters grete plente were. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eviijv/2 A quarel out of an arbalastre. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 990 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 257 With arbelaters they shot many a quarell. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciijv The shot of the alablasters & cross bowes. 2. The missile shot from the arbalest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] bolta1000 quarrela1250 arbalestrec1300 vire1390 matrassc1450 viretonc1500 matrass1591 quarry1600 cross-arrow1619 c1300 K. Alis. 1211 With alblastres and with stones They slowe men. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxv. f. clviiv Many an Arblaster, & stone was shot & caste. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xiv. 5707 Of arowes & awblasters þe aire wex thicke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300 |
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