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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
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Subject: Re: OT: Repeatably lobbing "projectiles"
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:05:52 +0000
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<bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
 [...]
> Another thought would be a crossbow-like mechanism with a motorized
> winding mechanism. 

Apparently the technical term for the winding mechanism of a crossbow is
"Crannequin", which sounds as though it could be quite naughty - so it
is a word we ought to use more often.


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