Heh. Agreed. Figurative. Some versions of the Bible have it as "garment," others as "cloak." The common expression of the concept is "robe."
I got one of those 80 lb self-cocking pistol crossbows some years ago and testing revealed that for target purposes, it was "too powerful" since if the target was soft (cardboard and newpapers), the little shortie bolts would penetrate completely and strip the fletching off, and if the target was hard (plywood), it would destroy the piles. Range, maybe ten or twelve yards. I bought a crapload of extra bolts for it since both the piles and the fletching screwed onto the shaft, but I couldn't buy extras of just those parts.
The sights were excellent visually, but fragile mechanically, and I had to exchange the first one for this reason. Some aspects of handling the crossbow would damage the sights if one wasn't careful.
I didn't have a practical use for it, it was just a playtoy for mechanical understanding, and I parked it in a closet and haven't played with it since. I can see a practical use for it in controlling dangerous small predators (coyotes, e.g.) silently (pretty much) around the house or campsite, but creeping around the woods with it would have been awkward since parts stick out of it at all angles, and of course at the time crossbows would not have been legal for legitimate game. (I don't know what the current status is for full sized crossbows Colorado DOW-wise. Hell, IIRC it was like pulling teeth to get them to OK mechanical string releases for archery hunting.)
So: pistol crossbow: Fun, impractical for any game purposes, possibly OK for silent "control" <ahem> of small nuisance species.
Terry, 230RN