|
|
Definition of Mangonel
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 Mangonel
1. n. A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.
Definition of Mangonel
1. Noun. A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mangonel
1. a medieval military device for hurling stones [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mangonel
Literary usage of Mangonel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"gona, an engine for throwing stones : see mangle*.] A military engine formerly
used for throwing stones, etc. Sette Mahon at the mangonel and mulle-stones ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Indeed, the Ital. mangana also means a mangonel. ... mangonel ; see If angle (a).
Mangrove. Hybrid : Malay and E.4 ' A sort of trees called mangroves ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"^f Thus mangle, mangonel, are merely various machines ; cf. the etym. of ...
(F., — Low Lat., — Gk.) ME mangonel, in a MS. of the time of Edw. II ; Polit. ..."
4. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"The Emperor Napoleon deduces from certain passages in medieval writers that the
mangonel was similar to the Trebuchet, but of lighter structure and power. ..."
5. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1903)
"543-5, describes these various instruments. It is very doubtful, however, whether
his dictum, ' Where we find the names mangonel and ..."
6. The Life of Saladin by Claude Reignier Conder (1897)
"mangonel' was a generic term applied to all the smaller machines for throwing
darts (quarrels) or stones. ... Other parts of the mangonel were the wheel ..."
Other Resources:
