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Definition of Bricole
1. Noun. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
Generic synonyms: Engine
Derivative terms: Catapult, Catapultian, Catapultic
Definition of Bricole
1. n. A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
2. n. An ancient kind of military catapult.
Definition of Bricole
1. a cushion shot in billiards [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bricole
Literary usage of Bricole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bohn's New hand-book of games: comprising whist, by Deschapelles, Matthews by Henry George Bohn, Edmond Hoyle (1856)
"THE bricole GAME. bricole is being obliged to strike a cushion, ... When both
players play bricole, the game is usually ten points in number, and these are ..."
2. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"BRIBE, brib, af piece or lunch of bread; scrap; scraps or broken victuals.
bricole, bri-kOl, a. F. bricole, rebound of a ball at tennis, back stroke at ..."
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