1) Ancient weapon 2) Archaic weapon 3) Atari 7800 game 4) Bolt shooter 5) Bolt-firing weapon 6) Chinese invention 7) Commodore 64 game 8) English Civil War weapon 9) Exidy game 10) Exclusively Saxon word 11) Exclusively Anglo word 12) Family Channel show 13) Individual catamaran 14) Key weapon at Battle or Crecy
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A crossbow is a type of weapon, based on the bow, consisting of a horizontal bow-like assembly mounted on a stock, that shoots projectiles called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion siege engine resembling a crossbow. Historically, crossbows played a significant...
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[video game] Crossbow is a video arcade game released by Exidy in 1983. It was later published by Absolute Entertainment for the Commodore 64, DOS and by Atari for the 2600, 7800 and XE Game System starting in 1987. Crossbow was the first arcade game with fully digitized sound and speech (some earlier games such as Journey used a loop tape ...
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• (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
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A bow mounted horizontally on a wooden tiller and with the cord drawn back by hand or, in later examples, by a mechanical device. The powerful crossbow fired short arrows known as quarrels. These weapons were popular with hunters and target shooters. The crossbow is also known as an arbalest
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leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, originally of wood; it had a groove to guide the ... [5 related articles]
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weapon with a bow arranged at a right-angle to a wooden stock; it was used to fire metal bolts
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A bow mounted horizontally on a wooden tiller and with the cord drawn back by hand or, in later examples, by a mechanical device. The powerful crossbow fired short arrows known as quarrels. These weapons were popular with hunters and target shooters. The crossbow is also known as an arbalest
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Cross'bow` (-bō`)
noun (Archery) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
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The crossbow (arbalist) is a bow fastened across a stock (hence the name
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n] - a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
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A weapon of the ancient times that has been produced with steel and set diagonally over the stock. This will be smaller and stronger which will be held and fired like a rifle.
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A curvature across the width of the strip at a 90-degree angle to the direction in which the strip has been rolled or uncoiled.
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weapon with a bow arranged at a right-angle to a wooden stock; it was used to fire metal bolts
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Operational code name for Allied attacks on V-1 launch sites
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noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
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a medieval weapon consisting of a bow fixed transversely on a stock having a trigger mechanism to release the bowstring, and often incorporating or accompanied by a mechanism for bending the bow.
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