"arbalest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arbalests [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus + ballista. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arblast}} Middle English arblast, {{der|en|fro|arbaleste}} Old French arbaleste, {{der|en|LL.|arcuballista}} Late Latin arcuballista, {{der|en|la|arcus}} Latin arcus Head templates: {{en-noun}} arbalest (plural arbalests)
  1. A steel crossbow. Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons Translations (late form of medieval crossbow): arbalesto (Esperanto), Arbalest [feminine] (German), arbalesto (Ido), arbaleta (Malagasy), arbalet [masculine] (Polish), arbaleta [feminine] (Portuguese), арбале́т (arbalét) [masculine] (Russian), samostrel (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-arbalest-en-noun-XStdDgiB Disambiguation of Archery: 86 14 Disambiguation of Weapons: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'late form of medieval crossbow': 96 4
  2. A crossbowman who uses an arbalest.
    Sense id: en-arbalest-en-noun-YLtaMXRq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arbelest, arbalet, arbalist, arblast Derived forms: arbalester

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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