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Definition of cross-bow in English Turkish dictionary
- ok atımı
- crossbow
- yaylı tüfek
Tom Mary'yi yaylı tüfekle vurdu.
-Tom shot at Mary with a crossbow.
Tom Mary'yi bir yaylı tüfek ile vurdu.
-Tom shot Mary with a crossbow.
- crossbow
- tatar yayı
- cross bow
- çapraz yay
- crossbow
- arbalet
- crossbow
- (isim) yaylı tüfek
- crossbow
- tatar yay
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Definition of cross-bow in English English dictionary
- crossbow
- {n} a weapon used for shooting
- crossbow
- a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
- crossbow
- Operational code name for Allied attacks on V-1 launch sites
- crossbow
- A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a small, powerful bow that is fixed across a piece of wood, and aimed like a gun. Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it. The missile, known as a bolt, was usually an arrow or dart. First used in antiquity, it was an important advance in warfare. Its destructive power came from its metal bow, which could propel a bolt with enough velocity to pierce chain mail and gave it a range of up to 1,000 ft (300 m). Powerful and versatile, it remained in use even after the introduction of the longbow and firearms and was not discarded until the 15th century. It has been used in modern times to hunt big game
- crossbow
- A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, which fires bolts
- crossbow
- A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock
- crossbow
- A curvature across the width of the strip at a 90-degree angle to the direction in which the strip has been rolled or uncoiled
- crossbow
- {i} bow shaped weapon from which arrows are fired
- crossbow
- means a device for propelling an arrow by means of traverse limbs and a string, mounted on a stock at least twenty-five inches in length, and having a working safety