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I tried not to get into the quarrel-crossbow idea to begin with (primarily because I couldn't think of a clever enough line), but on this one I am pretty much on Rhuby's side.
1. I have never heard of a quarrel being used in a long bow (or any of the other simple, hand-drawn bows).
2. The especially may simply refer to the idea that certain types of siege engines also used quarrels/bolts. It need not be implying the use of them in longbows.
Now here's the thing: we have crossbows and longbows, but do we have a term for bows that are neither (old style double recurved bows, Japanese assymetrical bows, short bows etc)?
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