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for Mangonel
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
mangonel
n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket]
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