Arbelestre meaning | Last name Arbelestre origin

Arbelestre is the variant form of the Arblaster. An arbalistarius or cross-bowman.
"And in the kernils* here and there,
Of arblastirs great plenty were."
Rom. of the Rose, 4198.

It was sometimes applied to the cross -bow itself: "With alblastres and with stones, They slowé men and braken bones."
Kyng Alisaunder, 1211. (Halliw.)

Several of the distinguished archers at the battle of Hastings became tenants in chief under the Conqueror, and are entered in Domesday with the surname Arbalistarius or Balistarius. Hence the names Alabaster, Blast, and others.

The surname Arbelestre is a form of Allblaster. Old English alblastere, a cross-bowman.

Lastname is variant form of Alabaster. Old Eng alblastere, a cross-bowman. In Latin, Albalestarius, under which form it occurs in the Hundred Rolls See Arblaster.