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Noun Concept

Categories: Bows (archery), Chinese inventions, Articles with short description, Crossbows, Ancient weapons

crossbow Arbalet arbaletiers Balister ballester

A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) WordNet 3.0

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A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Wikipedia

Projectile-shooting weapon. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Type of ranged weapon based on the bow Wikidata

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, which fires bolts at high speed and accuracy. OmegaWiki

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China

Sytin Military Encyclopedia

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Arbalet, arbaletiers, Balister, Bowgun, cranequin, cross-bow, Cross-bows, cross bow, crossbowmen, crossbows

Wikidata Alias

ballester, Crossbows