Definition
Plural of arbalest; soldiers or warriors armed with crossbows, particularly those serving in medieval armies.
Etymology
From Old French 'arbalestre,' derived from Latin 'arcuballista' (a mechanical bow-like device). The term evolved from the name of the weapon to denote the soldiers who wielded these powerful crossbows.
Kelly Says
Medieval kings actually banned crossbows as 'too cruel' for Christian warfare—arbalests were seen as such devastatingly effective weapons that they violated chivalric codes, yet remained stubbornly popular because they let peasants defeat armored knights.
Translations
ARالعربية
أسلحة البَصَص
as-la-ha-l-ba-sa-s
CACatalà
arbalestes
ar-ba-les-tes
DADansk
arbalester
ar-ba-les-ter
DEDeutsch
Armbrüste
armbrus-te
ESEspañol
arbalestas
ar-ba-les-tas
FRFrançais
arbalètes
ar-ba-let
HUMagyar
ballisták
bal-lis-tak
IDBahasa Indonesia
busur
bu-sur
ITItaliano
arbalesti
ar-ba-les-ti
MRMR
कामधनुष्य
ka-mad-hu-shy
MSBahasa Melayu
busur
bu-sur
NLNederlands
arbalesten
ar-ba-les-ten
NONorsk
arbalester
ar-ba-les-ter
PAPA
ਪ੍ਰ Projectile-shooter
pr-pro-jec-tile-shooter
PTPortuguês
arbalestes
ar-ba-les-tes
RORomână
arbaletă
ar-ba-le-ta
RUРусский
арбалеты
ar-ba-le-ty
SVSvenska
arbalester
ar-ba-les-ter
SWKiswahili
upanga
u-pan-ga
TRTürkçe
arbaletler
ar-ba-let-ler
UKУкраїнська
арбалети
ar-ba-le-ty