hind's footn. [translating French pied de biche] a kind of crossbow.
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1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 141 Of these cross-bows, or arblasts, there were three varieties, severally named—the hind's foot, the lever, and the rolling purchase.