Mangonel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [wn]:

  mangonel
       n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
           for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: {catapult},
            {arbalest}, {arbalist}, {ballista}, {bricole}, {onager},
            {trebuchet}, {trebucket}]