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Noun Concept
Categories: Greek inventions, Crossbows, Articles with short description, Medieval weapons, Chinese inventions
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crossbow  Arbalet  arbaletiers  Balister  ballester
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A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) WordNet 3.0
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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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