[155]. "Quarrels." Square-headed arrows for crossbows.
"Mantelets." Large shields of rope, wood, or metal.
"Mangonels." Engines for throwing stones or javelins.
[156]. "Barbican." See "Castle" in Webster's International Dictionary. A tower for defending the entrance to a castle.
"Arbalester." A crossbowman.
"Half ell shaft." A shaft or arrow half an ell in length.
[158]. "Fascines" (făs´sēnz). Bundles of sticks bound together and used for filling ditches or raising batteries.
[160]. "Sir Turk." The Turkish catapult just described.
[163]. "Solway." Solway Firth, an arm of the Irish Sea, extending into Scotland: remarkable for the rapidity of its tides.