| 单词 | mangonel |
| 释义 | mangonel (once / 72512 pages) n WORD FAMILY mangonel: mangonels USAGE EXAMPLESOn this the besiegers brought up mangonels, and set them hurling huge stones at these wood works and battering them to pieces. Reade, Charles, The Cloister and the Hearth—A Tale...(2012) On this the besiegers brought up mangonels, and set them hurling huge stones at these wood works and battering them to pieces. Baldwin, James, School Reading by Grades—Sixth Year(2011) "'Twill be less thatch to burn!" remarked Buckland encouragingly, though the moral effect of the mangonel was beginning to tell. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), The Winning of the Golden Spurs(2011) n an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles Syn|Hyper arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, onager, trebuchet, trebucket engine an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. |
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