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† mate-griffon Hist.
[repr. Pr. matagrifun (‘Kill-Greek’), f. matar to kill + Grifun Griffon1.]
The name of a siege-tower used by Richard I.
c1200Rich. Devizes in Chron. Stephen, Hen. II & Rich. I (Rolls) III. 402 Rex Angliæ..fecit castellum ligneum..juxta muros Messanæ, quod, ad opprobrium Grifonum, ‘Mategrifun’ nominavit. 13..Coer de L. 2878 Ther leet he pyght hys pavyloun, And arerede hys Mate-gryffon. Ibid. 6063 The Robynet and the Mate-Griffon, Al that they hytte wente adoun. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 157 His pele fro þat forward he [Richard I] cald it mate Griffoun. 1788Grose Milit. Antiq. II. 303 The robinet and mate-griffon threw both darts and stones. |