Crossbow
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crossbow-189-5727281
title:
Crossbow
text:
A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist. Crossbows and bows use the same elastic launch principles, but differ in that an archer using a bow must draw-and-sh
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Bow-like ranged weapon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow
date created:
2001-10-30T22:17:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T04:01:28Z
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image:
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13
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