arbalest vs switchblade

arbalest

noun
  • A crossbowman. 

  • A crossbow. 

switchblade

noun
  • A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed. 

verb
  • To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition. 

  • To attack or cut with a switchblade. 

  • To spring open or up. 

How often have the words arbalest and switchblade occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )