mangonel
nounEtymology From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).
› A military engine formerly used for throwing…
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Historical 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:
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Historical, Often, Proscribed An onager (type of catapult).