arblast/ˈɑːblɑːst/EtymologyInherited from Middle English arblast, from late Old English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern French arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus (“bow”).arblast means A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounA wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc.““[…] Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.””