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Webster 1913 Edition


Arcubalist

Ar′cu-ba-list

,
Noun.
[See
Arbalist
.]
A crossbow.
Fosbroke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arcubalist

'ARCUBALIST

,
Noun.
[L. arcus, a bow, and balista, an engine for throwing stones.] A cross-bow.

Definition 2024


arcubalist

arcubalist

English

Noun

arcubalist (plural arcubalists)

  1. A crossbow.
    • Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
      A Legionary Soldier appears on an ancient Seal endeavouring to bend the Arcubalist with his foot; but Dr. Meyrick does not think this sufficient to prove that it was the Stirrup Cross-bow []