prodd
/prɒd/(also prod)
noun
1In form prodd. A lightweight crossbow designed to shoot stones or bullets rather than bolts. Compare arbalest and stone-bow historical.
2In form prod. The bow or bow assembly of a modern crossbow.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Francis Grose (d. 1791), antiquary. Originally a mistranscription by Grose of rodd in Office MS 1 Ed. VI, in which the word probably shows rod as a synonym for lath; hence the word is probably also misinterpreted in meaning by Grose.