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English
Etymology
From Old French balestre. See ballista.
Noun
balister (plural balisters)
- (obsolete) A crossbow.
1688, Gabriel Dellon, The History of the Inquisition as it is Exercised at Goa:From thence to the door of the Church was made a Gallery about three foot broad, with a Balister on each side, and both on one side, and the other were placed Benches for the Criminals and their Godfathers to sit on
- (obsolete) An arbalister or crossbowman.
1642, Thomas Goodwin, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta:standeth the cunning Balister
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