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

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Shotguns, pistols, AR-15s, and boxes of ammo sat by a bunk bed, along with a crossbow. —

Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 However, by that point, every bowhunter in the woods (and some crossbow and gun hunters, seasons depending), are in trees, too. —

Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024 If summer is your season of choice, try to plan your visit for the last weekend of July, when a four-day medieval festival takes over the microstate with historical reenactments, crossbow and flag-throwing competitions, and plenty of food, drink, music, and of course, stuff to buy. —

Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024 The company revised the rules, rebuilt the crossbows and the catapults and introduced two ways to get into the game. —

Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crossbow