arbalestとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• arbelest, arbalet, arbalist, arblast

語源

From 中期英語 arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus + ballista.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːbəlɪst/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɑɹbəlɪst/

名詞

arbalest (plural arbalests)

1. A steel crossbow.
   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 329:

     He excelled with the arbalest steel crossbow, winning the nickname the Arbalestier and joined Bahriyya regiment, the crack soldiers who defeated the Crusaders and became known as the Turkish Lions and the Islamic Templars.

2. A crossbowman who uses an arbalest.

派生語

アナグラム

• arbalets