Etymology

balister

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Today it means: A crossbow. Full definition →

Old French balestre
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  1. Old French · derived frombalestre
  2. English todaybalister

From Old French balestre. See ballista.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchbalestre all →

balistraria

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.