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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel); 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crossbow \Cross"bow`\ (kr[o^]s"b[=o]`), n. (Archery)
   A weapon, used in discharging arrows or bolts, formed by
   placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crossbow
    n 1: a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to
         direct the arrow (quarrel)