Definition of Crossbowman. Meaning of Crossbowman. Synonyms of Crossbowman

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Definition of Crossbowman

Crossbowman
Crossbowman Cross"bow`man (-man), n. One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Meaning of Crossbowman from wikipedia

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- projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist (after the arbalest, a European crossbow...
- aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows or a crossbowman can launch bolts. The interior walls behind an arrow loop are often cut...
- battlefields. In sieges, slowness is not as big a disadvantage as the crossbowman, who can hide behind fortifications while reloading. The historical consensus...
- (Carpinteiro 'carpenter', Cabaleiro 'Knight', Ferreiro 'Smith', Besteiro 'Crossbowman'), physical characteristics (Gago 'Twangy', Tato 'Stutterer', Couceiro...
- The Ballestero de Monte (mountain crossbowman) or Fiel de rastro (marksman of the trail), was a member of a body which provided vigilance in the mountains...
- soldiers, namely a crossbowman, handgunner, and pikeman. This organisation is repeated in the 1472 ordinance (substituting the crossbowman for an archer on...
- find a suitable recruit. It also meant that, compared to an archer or crossbowman, an arquebusier lost less of his battlefield effectiveness due to fatigue...
- them to leave France and had it tied to a bolt, which was fired by a crossbowman. The Armagnacs resumed their offensive on 6 May, capturing Saint-Jean-le-Blanc...
- because of its imprecision, in favour of those more precise of archer, crossbowman, gunner archer.[clarification needed] The splay of the wall on the inside...