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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Bal·is·tra·ri·a

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n.

[LL.]
(Anc. Fort.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. Parker.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:

balistraria

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In medieval battlements, a cross-shaped aperture through which crossbowmen shot arrows.

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