"arrowslit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: arrowslits [plural]
Etymology: arrow + slit Etymology templates: {{compound|en|arrow|slit}} arrow + slit Head templates: {{en-noun}} arrowslit (plural arrowslits)
  1. A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired. Synonyms: balistraria Translations (Translations): frëngji [feminine] (Albanian), seteira [feminine] (Galician), Schießscharte [feminine] (German), חֲרַךְ יְרִי (khárakh yeri) [masculine] (Hebrew), arciera [feminine] (Italian), 狭間 (hazama) (Japanese), seteira [feminine] (Portuguese), aspillera (Spanish), airtchire [feminine] (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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