arbalest

English

Alternative forms

• arbalet
• arbalist
• arblast

Etymology

From Middle English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus + ballista.

Noun

arbalest (plural arbalests)

1. A crossbow.
2. A crossbowman.

Translations

late form of medieval crossbow

• Esperanto: arbalesto
• German: Arbalest f
• Ido: arbalesto (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malagasy: arbaleta
• Portuguese: arbaleta f
• Russian: арбале́т (ru) m (arbalét)
• Serbo-Croatian: samostrel

Anagrams

• arbalets

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Interlingue

Noun

1. crossbow