crossbow

noun

cross·bow ˈkrȯs-ˌbō

: a weapon for shooting quarrels and stones that consists chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web With a bow or crossbow, wait for a good quartering away shot, and drive the arrow up into the vitals. —

The Editors, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023 The 2021 hunting season produced record whitetails in the archery and crossbow categories. —

Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022 Required for biopsying a gray whale: one speed boat, one crossbow, and one Russian prime minister. —

Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2010 The blacks have 30 knights, 100 crossbow men, and 300 men in arms. —

Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022 Stronger violence includes moments of threat, with a character about to be executed, a main character shot with a crossbow bolt and another falling from a high bridge. —

Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Lonnie Leroy Coffman, a 72-year-old military veteran, was sentenced to 46 months after parking a truck near the Capitol filled with Molotov cocktails, a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun, a crossbow, a stun gun, a machete, and 11 jars of homemade napalm. —

The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Sep. 2022 Youth/senior crossbow: Sept. 3, 2022-Jan. 16, 2023. —

Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2022 Deer hunting, which attracts the most license buyers each year, opens Sept. 17 with the crossbow and archery seasons. —

Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022 See More

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