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- Terminology
- Construction
- Chinese vertical trigger lock
- European rolling nut lock
- Bow
- Spanning mechanism
- Variants
- Projectiles
- Accessories
- History
- China
- Southeast Asia
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Medieval Europe
- Islamic world
- Elsewhere and later
- Modern use
- Hunting, leisure, and science
- Military and paramilitary
- Comparison to conventional bows
- Legislation
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
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A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion 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 arbalister or an arbalist (after the arbalest, a European crossbow variant used during the 12th century).