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arblast

UK/ˈɑːblɑːst/US/ˈɑɹblæst/

arblast noun: a wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc.

Noun

arblast (plural arblasts)

  1. (historical) A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc.
    • “[…] Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.”1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XIV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page...

Forms of arblast

pluralarblasts
alternative formarbalest
alternative formarbalist

Origin of arblast

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”).

Questions about arblast

What does arblast mean?
Arblast means a wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc.
What part of speech is arblast?
Arblast is a noun.
How do you pronounce arblast?
Arblast is pronounced /ˈɑːblɑːst/ (UK).
What is the plural of arblast?
The plural of arblast is arblasts.

Words near arblast in the dictionary

  1. arbitress
  2. arbitresses
  3. arbitrix
  4. Arbizu
  5. Arbizus
  6. arblast
  7. arblaster
  8. arblasters
  9. arblasts
  10. Arbogast
  11. Arbogasts

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