crossbows
Y cinco nos dispararon con ballestas.
And five of them shot at us with crossbows.
Las ballestas navales son ballestas gigantes.
Naval crossbows are giant crossbows.
El presidente aprobó el uso de ballestas por la policía.
The president approved the use of crossbows by the police.
¡Apunten las ballestas navales de proa!
Aim the bow-mounted naval crossbows!
Las ballestas se repartieron por todas partes.
The crossbows were distributed everywhere.
Claro que no le hablé de las ballestas ni de los cuchillos de carnicero.
Of course I didn't tell him about the crossbows or the butcher's knives.