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BALISTRARIA

\bˌalɪstɹˈe͡əɹi͡ə], \bˌalɪstɹˈe‍əɹi‍ə], \b_ˌa_l_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeə_ɹ_iə]\

Definitions of BALISTRARIA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

bal-is-tr[=a]r'i-a, n. an aperture or loophole in the wall of a fortification through which crossbowmen might discharge their bolts.--n. BAL'ISTER (obs.), name for an arbalester or crossbowman, also an arbalest or crossbow itself. [Low L. ballistrarius, balistra, a variant form of ballista, a crossbow.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Narrow apertures in the walls of a fortress, for the discharge of arrows from the cross-bow; often cruciform; thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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