matafundan.

Brit.

/matəˈfʌndə/, U.S.

/ˌmædəˈfəndə/

Forms:

α. 1700s– matafunda, 1800s mate-funda.

β. 1700s matafund.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin matafunda.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin matafunda a stone-throwing military engine (13th cent.), further etymology uncertain; compare Old French macefonde (late 12th cent.), Middle French machefonde (15th cent.). The first element may be identical with that of machecole v. (in C. d'Aquino Lexicon Militare (1724), and perhaps in quot. 1796, it is interpreted as classical Latin mactare , which is implausible: see note s.v. matador n.; in quot. 1860 it is interpreted as identical with the first element of mate-griffon n.); the second is probably < classical Latin funda sling (see fundiform adj.). N.E.D. (1905) enters this under matafund and gives the pronunciation as (mæ·tăfɒnd) /ˈmætəfʌnd/.

A type of military engine (probably: the trebuchet).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista

ballistaeOE

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1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 9 They [sc. our ancestors] had their engines for throwing stones and darts..distinguished by the appellations of balista, catapulta..the matafunda and the war wolf.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 163 That murderous sling The matafund.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks.

1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 640/1 The mate-griffon and mate-funda, both slinging-machines.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 371 Matafunda, an ancient machine of war, which was used for throwing stones, probably by means of a sling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matafunda
释义	matafundan. Brit. /matəˈfʌndə/, U.S. /ˌmædəˈfəndə/ Forms: α. 1700s– matafunda, 1800s mate-funda. β. 1700s matafund. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin matafunda. Etymology: < post-classical Latin matafunda a stone-throwing military engine (13th cent.), further etymology uncertain; compare Old French macefonde (late 12th cent.), Middle French machefonde (15th cent.). The first element may be identical with that of machecole v. (in C. d'Aquino Lexicon Militare (1724), and perhaps in quot. 1796, it is interpreted as classical Latin mactare , which is implausible: see note s.v. matador n.; in quot. 1860 it is interpreted as identical with the first element of mate-griffon n.); the second is probably < classical Latin funda sling (see fundiform adj.). N.E.D. (1905) enters this under matafund and gives the pronunciation as (mæ·tăfɒnd) /ˈmætəfʌnd/. A type of military engine (probably: the trebuchet). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 9 They [sc. our ancestors] had their engines for throwing stones and darts..distinguished by the appellations of balista, catapulta..the matafunda and the war wolf. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 163 That murderous sling The matafund. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks. 1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 640/1 The mate-griffon and mate-funda, both slinging-machines. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 371 Matafunda, an ancient machine of war, which was used for throwing stones, probably by means of a sling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773
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