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arcubalista

1 arcubalista [< arcus+ballista ; cf. arbalista] , arblast, crossbow. c1185 [habeat] minutorum quilibet unam lanceam, unam ~am et xv s. argenti (Ps.-Cnut) GAS 621; sunt in eis [oppidis] ‥ / arcus, lorice, galee gladiique, sagitte, / archībāliste, saxorum pondera dura D. Bec. 1865; s1199 tetendit ~am atque quoddam quarellum violenter direxit ad regem Coggesh. 77b; 1212 G. Balistarius [tenet] vj carucatas de dono regis J. per duas archibalistas Fees 227; s1346 cariagia et currus ~is, telis ‥ et aliis armis onerata Meaux III 59; stonebow, ~a PP.
2 arcubalista , arblaster, crossbowman. s1099 funditores lapidibus, sagittarii jaculis, ~e telis, quisque suum exercentes officium, instare W. Malm. GR IV 368; s1199 quidam ~a ‥ traxit sagittam de castello R. Howd. IV 82.

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