A large machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, etc. (now historical). Also: †a smaller weapon, as a bow, sword, or…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] (84) enginec1380 A large machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, etc. (now historical). Also: †a smaller weapon, as a bow, sword, or… guna1400 In the 15th cent. used somewhat vaguely for a large engine of war, often translating words meaning ‘mangonel, ballista, battering-ram’. Obsolete. machine1583 A military engine or siege-tower. Cf. war machine n. (a) at war, n.1 compounds 4. Now historical. machination1605 A machine (esp. of war); a framework, mechanism, or apparatus. Also figurative. Obsolete. machinament1658 A device, contraption, or construction; a machine, a vehicle. Subcategories:— collectively (2) — siege-tower (12) — battering-ram (11) — engine for seizing ram (2) — engine for boring holes in walls (1) — movable shed (26) — bridge (14) — scaling-ladder or scaffold (6) — grappling-hook (5) |
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