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.

Exact synonyms: Arbalest, Arbalist, Ballista, Bricole, Catapult, Onager, Trebuchet, Trebucket
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

manglings
mango
mango dermatitis
mango juice
mango juices
mango tree
mangoed
mangoes
mangold
mangold-wurzel
mangold wurzel
mangolds
mangoldwurzel
mangoldwurzels
mangolike
mangonel (current term)
mangonels
mangonism
mangonist
mangonists
mangos
mangostan
mangostans
mangosteen
mangosteen tree
mangosteens
mangrove
mangrove family
mangrove fly
mangrove snapper

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 ..."

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