Crossbow
noun
An old weapon made of wood, consisting of a bow fixed across a stock that shoots arrows.
The knight used a crossbow in the medieval battle.
Often appears as...
- use a crossbow
- load a crossbow
Usage tips
Historical
noun
In modern use, a crossbow is a weapon used for hunting or sports shooting which uses an elastic launching device.
He is very skilled with a crossbow and often goes hunting with it.
Often appears as...
- hunting with a crossbow
- shooting a crossbow
noun
An old weapon made of wood, consisting of a bow fixed across a stock that shoots arrows.
The knight used a crossbow in the medieval battle.
Often appears as...
- use a crossbow
- load a crossbow
Usage tips
Historical
noun
In modern use, a crossbow is a weapon used for hunting or sports shooting which uses an elastic launching device.
He is very skilled with a crossbow and often goes hunting with it.
Often appears as...
- hunting with a crossbow
- shooting a crossbow
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Refers to medieval weaponry and can imply a feeling of old-fashioned or outdated technology.
Museums display crossbows as artifacts of ancient warfare and hunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical Operation
Understanding that the crossbow works through tension-loaded arms helps to visualize its use and mechanism.
He learned the mechanics of a crossbow to appreciate historical battles.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Loading
Loading a crossbow is notably intricate compared to a traditional bow, often involving winding mechanisms.
The archery instructor explained how to carefully load a crossbow.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Refers to medieval weaponry and can imply a feeling of old-fashioned or outdated technology.
Museums display crossbows as artifacts of ancient warfare and hunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical Operation
Understanding that the crossbow works through tension-loaded arms helps to visualize its use and mechanism.
He learned the mechanics of a crossbow to appreciate historical battles.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Loading
Loading a crossbow is notably intricate compared to a traditional bow, often involving winding mechanisms.
The archery instructor explained how to carefully load a crossbow.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Refers to medieval weaponry and can imply a feeling of old-fashioned or outdated technology.
Museums display crossbows as artifacts of ancient warfare and hunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical Operation
Understanding that the crossbow works through tension-loaded arms helps to visualize its use and mechanism.
He learned the mechanics of a crossbow to appreciate historical battles.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Loading
Loading a crossbow is notably intricate compared to a traditional bow, often involving winding mechanisms.
The archery instructor explained how to carefully load a crossbow.
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and I remember fishermen saying they can tell when a basking shark has been caught in a net, because it leaves a black slime behind. So that must have come from the shark. Now, we had an interest in getting tissue samples for genetics because we knew they were very valuable. We would use conventional methods; I have a crossbow -- you see it in my hand there,
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Give yourself permission...
You know? Just But completely differently. Like, I wanted to be an actor. I was like, I've got to make something that makes people feel. I just want to be a part of that. And he wanted to be in the military. That's all we ever did was play FBI, play army man, play knights, you know, and I'd like, pose with my sword, and he would build a working crossbow
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so I'll have no regrets and saying at least I helped in the work of his dream all right dad the final test and yes I am the favorite I used to be I'm not anymore I grew up and he ever since we were little my dad has put a crossbow in her hand put a gun I think the first time I ever held a gun I was probably
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What's the difference...
is how consistently you can get that result using the same method. Your precision improves with more finely incremented tools that require less estimation. The story of the stolen crossbow was one of precision without accuracy.
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The Silk Road:...
Possibly even transmitting crossbow technology to the Western world. Demand for exotic and foreign goods and the profits they brought, kept the strands of the Silk Road in tact, even as the Roman Empire disintegrated
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The myth of the Sampo—...
its fires only produced other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for blood and a gleaming plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
of Canterbury ever to have murdered a gamekeeper with a crossbow it was on a Thursday and as a penance every Thursday for the rest of his life he he restricted himself to
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Super Trees: Climbing a...
that humming is our little gyro that we're moving the kentley see how the cameras are moving up we shoot a crossbow but to the top of our tree and
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Humpback Whales Return...
protect them we get that by using a small hollow tip Dart so what we'll do is I'll use the crossbow and I'll take a shot at the at
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China's Warrior King PIPE...
mechanisms and arrows for the crossbows were manufactured in runs of tens of
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How do you save a shark...
and I remember fishermen saying they can tell when a basking shark has been caught in a net, because it leaves a black slime behind. So that must have come from the shark. Now, we had an interest in getting tissue samples for genetics because we knew they were very valuable. We would use conventional methods; I have a crossbow -- you see it in my hand there,
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Give yourself permission...
You know? Just But completely differently. Like, I wanted to be an actor. I was like, I've got to make something that makes people feel. I just want to be a part of that. And he wanted to be in the military. That's all we ever did was play FBI, play army man, play knights, you know, and I'd like, pose with my sword, and he would build a working crossbow
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Doomsday Castle Profile:...
so I'll have no regrets and saying at least I helped in the work of his dream all right dad the final test and yes I am the favorite I used to be I'm not anymore I grew up and he ever since we were little my dad has put a crossbow in her hand put a gun I think the first time I ever held a gun I was probably
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What's the difference...
is how consistently you can get that result using the same method. Your precision improves with more finely incremented tools that require less estimation. The story of the stolen crossbow was one of precision without accuracy.
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The Silk Road:...
Possibly even transmitting crossbow technology to the Western world. Demand for exotic and foreign goods and the profits they brought, kept the strands of the Silk Road in tact, even as the Roman Empire disintegrated
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The myth of the Sampo—...
its fires only produced other artifacts— beautiful in appearance but ill-mannered in nature. An elegant crossbow that thirsted for blood and a gleaming plow that ruined cultivated fields among others.
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
of Canterbury ever to have murdered a gamekeeper with a crossbow it was on a Thursday and as a penance every Thursday for the rest of his life he he restricted himself to
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Super Trees: Climbing a...
that humming is our little gyro that we're moving the kentley see how the cameras are moving up we shoot a crossbow but to the top of our tree and
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Humpback Whales Return...
protect them we get that by using a small hollow tip Dart so what we'll do is I'll use the crossbow and I'll take a shot at the at
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China's Warrior King PIPE...
mechanisms and arrows for the crossbows were manufactured in runs of tens of
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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Norman Reedus
American Actor
I don't have a mullet, but going into season one on 'The Walking Dead,' I asked to have a mullet, and everybody talked me out of it. Because I'd have to wear a mullet when we were not shooting every day. I have that motorcycle, wings on my vest, the crossbow... Maybe a mullet would've thrown me over the edge.
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David Sheff
American Author
It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending years going to Oakland and finding abandoned warehouses, getting beaten up, getting threatened by a guy with a crossbow. By all accounts, he shouldn't have made it, but he did.
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Neal Asher
English Writer
Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,' among others - but my favourite has to be 'Waylander': Clint Eastwood with a crossbow and the same 'Make my day, punk' attitude.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.
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Norman Reedus
American Actor
You can't not look cool with a crossbow.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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Norman Reedus
American Actor
I don't have a mullet, but going into season one on 'The Walking Dead,' I asked to have a mullet, and everybody talked me out of it. Because I'd have to wear a mullet when we were not shooting every day. I have that motorcycle, wings on my vest, the crossbow... Maybe a mullet would've thrown me over the edge.
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David Sheff
American Author
It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending years going to Oakland and finding abandoned warehouses, getting beaten up, getting threatened by a guy with a crossbow. By all accounts, he shouldn't have made it, but he did.
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Neal Asher
English Writer
Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,' among others - but my favourite has to be 'Waylander': Clint Eastwood with a crossbow and the same 'Make my day, punk' attitude.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.
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Norman Reedus
American Actor
You can't not look cool with a crossbow.
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