† viretonn.

Forms: In 1500s vyre-.

Etymology: < Old French vireton (= Provençal viraton ), < virer to turn: compare vire n.¹, and Spanish virote, Portuguese virote.

Obsolete. rare.

A crossbow bolt so constructed as to rotate on its axis while flying.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun]

bolta1000

quarrela1250

arbalestrec1300

vire1390

matrassc1450

viretonc1500

matrass1591

quarry1600

cross-arrow1619

c1500 Melusine (1895) 287 No sarasyn durste hym abyde, but casted at him fro ferre sperys, darts, stones & arowes, vyretons & quarelles, with theire crosbowes.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 269 They..saylled foorth by such wyse that it semed as it had be the vyreton of a Crosbow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vireton
释义	† viretonn. Forms: In 1500s vyre-. Etymology: < Old French vireton (= Provençal viraton ), < virer to turn: compare vire n.¹, and Spanish virote, Portuguese virote. Obsolete. rare. A crossbow bolt so constructed as to rotate on its axis while flying. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] bolta1000 quarrela1250 arbalestrec1300 vire1390 matrassc1450 viretonc1500 matrass1591 quarry1600 cross-arrow1619 c1500 Melusine (1895) 287 No sarasyn durste hym abyde, but casted at him fro ferre sperys, darts, stones & arowes, vyretons & quarelles, with theire crosbowes. c1500 Melusine (1895) 269 They..saylled foorth by such wyse that it semed as it had be the vyreton of a Crosbow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1500
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