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nouna bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)type of:
Definition that contains crossbow
- tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- quarrel an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- handbow a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
- william tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)