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matrass.

A bolt for a crossbow.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A bolt for a crossbow.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman matraz (“shaft, dart”), Middle French materas, from an unattested post-classical variant of Latin mataris, materis (“Gaulish throwing-spear”), from a Gaulish language.

noun
  1. A type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From New Latin matracium and its source, Middle French matheras, matraz etc., either from Middle French materas (see Etymology 1, above), with reference to its shape, or from Arabic مطرة, مطارة (“leather bottle, vase”).

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