CROSSBOW, CROSSBOWMAN
NOUNS
1489 ► TYLLOLE a device for bending a crossbow → obs. rare
1536 ► TITTUP the trigger of a crossbow → obs. rare
1697 ► BALISTER a crossbow, an arbalest → obs. rare
1774 ► ARCUBALIST a crossbow, consisting of a steel bow fitted to a wooden shaft, furnished with special mechanism for drawing and letting slip the bowstring, used for the discharge of arrows, stones, etc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1440 ► BALISTRIER a crossbowman → obs. rare
1487 ► OBLESTER a crossbowman; an arbalester → obs.
1489 ► BALESTER → BALISTAR → BALISTER → BALLISTER a crossbowman; an arbalester → obs.
1577 ► ARCUBALISTER a soldier armed with an arcubalist
1708 ► BALISTARIUS a maker of slings, guns, or crossbows, or one that shoots out of them → obs. (Bk.)
1852 ► ABBLASTER → ABBLASTRE a crossbowman (Bk.)
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