ar bal ister, arblastir, arcubalister

[Eng. arbalest; arbalist; -er. In Lat. arcuballis tarius.] One whose weapon is the cro bow; a cro bow-man. "When Richard was at the the siege of this castle [Chaluz], an arbalester standing on the wall, and seeing his time, charged his steel bow with a square arrow, or quarrel, IMG:content-0692.jpg:[graphic] ARBA LES TEN A. (Chateau de Pierre fonds.) making first prayer to God that he would direct the shot, and deliver the innocency of the besieged from oppre ion."-Speed: Hist. of Eng ., p. 481. "King John was espied by a very pied by a very good arcubalister, who said that he would soon dispatch the cruel tyrant."-Camden: Remains.