A bolt or quarrel is a dart-like projectile used by crossbows. The word quarrel is from the Old French quarrel (> French carreau) "square thing", specialized...
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to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a crossbowman, an...
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Mohist siege crossbow Multi-bolt crossbows connected together Crossbow firing multiple bolts Crossbow battery Multi-bolt ambush crossbow Miniature model...
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Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD), is a crossbow invented during the Warring States period in China that combined the bow spanning, bolt placing, and shooting actions...
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together Bolt (climbing), an anchor point used in rock climbing Bolt (firearms), a mechanism used in firearms Crossbow bolt, ammunition used in a crossbow Bolt...
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the bolt crossbow was much more popular and therefore more widely developed than the bullet-shooting crossbow. Consequently, the standard crossbow was...
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Arbalest (category Crossbows)
energy that could be transferred into the crossbow bolt. A skilled arbalestier (arbalester) could loose two bolts per minute. The term "arbalest" is sometimes...
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The Golden Shot (redirect from Bernie, the bolt!)
a crossbow attached to a TV camera to shoot a bolt at a target, using the camera as the crossbow's viewfinder. The person who loaded the crossbows was...
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Match crossbow is a target shooting sport using crossbows. Unlike field crossbow, match crossbow is quite similar to the Olympic rifle. The International...
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equipped with heavy armour, a helmet, a halberd or pike, swords, a crossbow with 50 bolts, and three days of rations. Qin general, front Qin general, back...
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Chinese siege weapons (section Multiple bolt crossbow)
described a type of multiple bolt crossbow capable of destroying ramparts and city towers: The arcuballista is a crossbow of a strength of 12 dan, mounted...
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and why Leonardo's crossbows stands out. If a crossbow is designed with a narrower shaft and a tapered bolt, which adjusts the nocking of arrows, it greatly...
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asymmetrical catamaran Crossbow II (proa), a late 1970s successor craft KTM X-Bow (read as "Crossbow"), a sports car Crossbow bolt, a projectile This disambiguation...
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the "wet wapens en munitie" (law on weapons and ammunition). Crossbows and crossbow bolts are placed in category 4, along with bows, swords, spears, etc...
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character as having blond hair and being disfigured from being struck by a crossbow bolt. In February 2009, Cate Blanchett was cast to play Maid Marian, replacing...
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Bernie the Bolt may refer to: A catchphrase and crossbow operator on The Golden Shot Bernie Wright (born 1952), an English footballer This disambiguation...
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attempt. Tell split the apple with a bolt from his crossbow. Gessler then noticed that Tell had removed two crossbow bolts from his quiver, so he asked why...
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Lionheart, who died there while besieging the castle in 1199 from a crossbow bolt fired, according to legend, by one of the defenders called Bertrand...
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at the Rhodes arsenal,) and used in antiquity. The polybolo was not a crossbow since it used a torsion mechanism, drawing its power from twisted sinew-bundles...
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free dictionary. Quarrel may refer to: A heated disagreement Crossbow bolt, a crossbow's projectile also known as a quarrel Quarrel (James Bond), a James...
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incriminating thumb drive. Twig goes outside looking for Becky. Becky fires a crossbow bolt through Twig's cheeks. Fearful of both Becky and Darryl, DJ runs to...
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Willie, running to stop Barnabas, moves in the way, and is hit by Jeff's crossbow bolt. Barnabas lures Jeff out of his hiding place and forces him to be a...
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and suffered extremely heavy casualties. Joan of Arc was wounded by a crossbow bolt in the thigh. Joan was then dragged away from the battlefield and was...
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Arbalist (crossbowman) (category Crossbows)
Both the World Crossbow Shooting Association (WCSA) and GNAS require that the draw weight maximum be 95 lbs and that the minimum bolt (arrow) length be...
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Bolt gun or boltgun may refer to: Captive bolt pistol, a device used for stunning animals before slaughter Crossbow, a ranged weapon that shoots projectiles...
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form to a crossbow, though much larger, and used a string-winding mechanism to fire a missile or bolt placed in a groove. Other giant crossbows were used...
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England's sons, under the leadership of Philip of Flanders. Wounded by a crossbow bolt, he did not recover. McDougall 2017, p. 204. George 1875, p. table xxix...
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and Kee. The Ajanti Dagger is lost to the villains, and Kee takes a crossbow bolt meant for Chandler, dying in his arms while confessing her love for...
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projectiles such as rocks and round shots, pointed missiles such as arrows, bolts, darts, and javelins, to modern tapered high-velocity impactors such as...
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Roman gold. On 26 March 1199, Richard was hit in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt, and the wound turned gangrenous. Richard asked to have the crossbowman...
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