Associations to the word «Crossbow»

Wiktionary

CROSSBOW, noun. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, which fires bolts.

Dictionary definition

CROSSBOW, noun. A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King