 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Art & Architecture Thesaurus Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
crossbows (bows (weapons), <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
|
Note: Bows basically consisting of a curved stave mounted crosswise on a center shaft by means of a system of cord or gut bindings or metal bands, the string being drawn back, held, and released by some mechanical means such as a windlass or a rotatable nut. They were in use as early as the 11th century and continue to be used contemporarily for hunting and recreation.
|
| Terms: |
|
| crossbows (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
|
| crossbows (American English-P,D,U,PN)
|
| crossbow (C,U,LC,English,AD,U,SN)
|
| crossbow (American English,AD,U,SN)
|
| cross-bows (C,U,British English-P,D,U,PN)
|
| cross-bow (C,U,British English,AD,U,SN)
|
| القوس والنشاب (C,U,Arabic -P,D,U,U)
|
| tepoztlahuitolli (C,U,C,Classical Nahuatl-P,UF,B)
|
............ | variant orthography |
| tepuztlauitolli (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,B)
|
............ | variant orthography |
| tepuztlavitolli (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,N)
|
............ | variant orthography |
| kruisbogen (wapens) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
|
| kruisboog (wapen) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
|
| tepoztlahuitontli (C,U,Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,B)
|
............ | variant orthography, Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl |
| arbalète (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
|
| ballestas (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
|
| ballesta (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
|
|
Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TK |
Hierarchical Position:
|
|
|
Objects Facet |
|
|
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
|
|
........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G) |
|
|
............ weapons (G) |
|
|
................ projectile weapons (G) |
|
|
.................... <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
|
|
........................ <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
|
|
............................ bows (weapons) (G) |
|
|
................................ crossbows (G) |
Additional Notes: |
|
| Arabic ..... تتكون الأقواس بشكل أساسي من عصا منحنية مثبتة بشكل عرضي على عمود مركزي عن طريق نظام من الحبل أو روابط القناة الهضمية أو الأربطة المعدنية، ويتم سحب الخيط للخلف وإمساكه وإطلاقه ببعض الوسائل الميكانيكية مثل الرافعة أو الجوز القابل للتدوير. كانت قيد الاستخدام في وقت مبكر من القرن الحادي عشر وما زال يتم استخدامها بشكل معاصر للصيد والترفيه. |
| Dutch ..... Bogen die voornamelijk bestaan uit een gebogen staaf die kruislings op een middenschacht is geplaatst door middel van een systeem van bindingen van touw of darm of door metalen banden. De pees wordt teruggetrokken, vastgehouden en losgelaten door een mechaniek als een windas of een draaibare moer. Ze waren zeker al in de 11de eeuw in gebruik en worden nog altijd gebruikt voor de jacht en recreatie. |
| Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Arco tlen tlachihualli ica tepoztli tlen quiillia bariyah, huan itehtenno bariyah quiilpilia ce mecatl, zo cuetlaxcolli tlailacatztli tlachihualli, zo mecatl tlen tepoztli, ni mecatl tlen yohui ica iican, quiitzquia huan momahcahua quence ica tlatehuitlatztli. Peuhqui motequihuia ipehuayan xihuicahuitl XI huan mocelcuiltoc motequihuia azta naman, quenne para tlapehuazceh. |
| Spanish ..... Arcos que consisten básicamente en una varilla curva montada en diagonal sobre un asta central por medio de un sistema de cuerdas o tripas trenzadas, o bandas metálicas; la cuerda es tensada hacia atrás, sujeta y soltada por medio de algún mecanismo como un cabestrante o una nuez giratoria. Comenzaron a usarse a comienzos del siglo XI y han continuado en uso hasta el presente para cacerías y recreación. |
|
Related concepts: |
|
| conjuncted with .... |
bolts (arrows) |
| ............................ |
(arrows (projectiles), <projectiles with nonexplosive propellant>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300210977] |
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
| crossbows............ |
[GCI Preferred, GRI-FloCo Preferred, VP Preferred] |
| .................... |
AATA database (2002-) 122478 checked 26 January 2012 |
| .................... |
BHA Subject Headings (1985-) |
| .................... |
Blair, European and American Arms (1962) 34 |
| .................... |
Diagram Group, Weapons (1980) illustration, 102 |
| .................... |
GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) |
| .................... |
Norman and Pottinger, English Weapons and Warfare (1979) illustration, 96 |
| .................... |
Quick, Weapons and Military Terms (1973) |
| .................... |
RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) |
| .................... |
Tarassuk and Blair, Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Armor (1979) illustration |
| .................... |
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) illustration |
|
|
