Crossbow
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wiktionary
From Middle English crosbowe, crossebowe, equivalent to cross + bow.
etymonline
crossbow (n.)
also cross-bow, "missile-throwing weapon consisting of a bow fixed athwart a stock," mid-15c., from cross (n.) + bow (n.1). Unknown to the ancients but common in Europe in the Middle Ages.
