Arbalest
A large crossbow, typically with a metallic prod (bow). Spanned (loaded) with a winch or lever. Rate of fire about 2/min.
From The Crossbow Defined:
"...a goat-foot is a two-pronged metal fork attached to the belt of the crossbowman. A crossbow designed to be used with a goat's foot, is fitted with a stirrup at the front (resembling a handle). The crossbowman would fit the string onto the goat's foot, put his foot in the stirrup and tread down, thus pulling the crossbow downwards while the string is being held by the goat's foot."
"A minute later he'd laid out the mechanisms for a goat-foot's arbalest. The crossbow's metal parts had been blued, the narrow wooden stock soaked in pitch and dusted with black sand."
GotM, US HC, p.288
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