arbalest

• Máquina de guerra medieval usada como artilharia pesada para arremessar grandes pedras e outros projéteis contra fortificações. Também pode designar a besta, arma de arremesso portátil que dispara flechas ou virotes.

A medieval siege engine used as heavy artillery to hurl large stones and other missiles at fortifications.

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   A powerful medieval artillery engine used during sieges to hurl large stones, bolts, or other missiles.

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   • The army used an arbalest to breach the castle walls.
   • Arbalests were crucial in medieval siege warfare.
   • The arbalest could launch projectiles over great distances.

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