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mangonel en · NOUN

Etymology

From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

Meanings

1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. ▸ A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
   • The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes. 1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401:
2. (historical, often, proscribed, qualifier:non-technical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. ▸ An onager (type of catapult).

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Translations (14)

ota منجنیق (type of military engine) · nl mangeneel (type of military engine) · es manganel (type of military engine) · bg балиста (type of military engine) · pt manganela (type of military engine) · pl trebusz ciągniony (type of military engine) · pl trebusz trakcyjny (type of military engine) · fi mangoneli (type of military engine) · es mangana (type of military engine) · es mangonel (type of military engine) · nl mangonel (type of military engine) · es manganilla (type of military engine) · es maganel (type of military engine) · fr mangonneau (type of military engine)