ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English crosbowe, from cros cross + bowe bow (weapon)
: a weapon having a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a wooden stock that resembles the stock of a modern rifle and that is often provided with a mechanical device by which the string is drawn back and fixed and being usually shot from the shoulder by means of a trigger that releases the string and discharges a quarrel lying in a groove in the stock — see arbalest
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