mangonel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mangonel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mangonel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mangonel n an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles Synonym(s): catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mangonel \Man"go*nel\, n. [OF. mangonel, LL. manganellus, manganum, fr. Gr. [?] See {Mangle}, n.] A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.