arblast

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɑːblɑːst/    美 /ˈɑɹblæst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc. historical
    — “[…] Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.”

词形变化

arblasts plural arbalest alternative arbalist alternative

词源

Inherited from Middle English arblast, from late Old English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern French arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus (“bow”).
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