Word Meanings - CROSSBOWMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Related words: (words related to CROSSBOWMAN)

• CROSSBOWMAN
  One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
• ARBALEST; ARBALIST
  A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. Fosbroke. (more info) L. arcuballista; arcus bow +
• CROSSBOWER
  A crossbowman.
• ARBALESTER; ARBALISTER
  A crossbowman. Speed.
• CROSSBOW
  A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.