Arcuballista
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arbalète — [ arbalɛt ] n. f. • arbaleste 1080; bas lat. arcuballista, lat. class. arcus « arc » et ballista « baliste » ♦ Anciennt Arme de trait, arc d acier monté sur un fût et dont la corde se bandait avec un mécanisme. Carreaux, traits d arbalète. Tirer… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Crossbow — This article is about the weapon. For other uses, see Crossbow (disambiguation). Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500 A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The… … Wikipedia
Gastraphetes — The gastraphetes (from Ancient Greek γαστραφέτης , English translation: belly bow ) was a hand held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks.Duncan Campbell: Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC AD 363 , Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2003, ISBN 1841766348,… … Wikipedia
Armbrust — Ạrm|brust 〈f.7 od. 7u〉 Schusswaffe bestehend aus Bogen mit Sehne u. Schaft mit Kolben zum Verschießen von Bolzen, Pfeilen od. Kugeln [<mhd. armbrust <ags. arblast <afrz. arbaleste <mlat. arbalista <lat. arcuballista „mit Bogen… … Universal-Lexikon
Catapult — A catapult is any one of a number of non handheld mechanical devices used to throw a projectile a great distance without the aid of an explosive substance particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.The name is the Latinized… … Wikipedia
arbalestrilla — (del lat. «arcuballista», ballesta) f. Instrumento antiguo semejante al *sextante. * * * arbalestrilla. (Del lat. arcuballista, ballesta). f. Mat. Instrumento antiguo que venía a ser un sextante de alidadas … Enciclopedia Universal
Armbrust — Armbrust: Der Name der mittelalterlichen Schusswaffe geht zurück auf mhd. armbrust, das durch volksetymologische Umbildung nach »Arm« und »Brust« aus mlat. arbalista bzw. aprov. arbalesta entstand. (Mhd. armbrust kann zunächst an mhd. berust… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Arbalest — Ar ba*lest, Arbalist Ar ba*list, n. [OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See {Ballista}.] (Antiq.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arbalet — Arbalest Ar ba*lest, Arbalist Ar ba*list, n. [OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See {Ballista}.] (Antiq.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Arbalist — Arbalest Ar ba*lest, Arbalist Ar ba*list, n. [OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See {Ballista}.] (Antiq.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
