mangonel

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8

Definition of mangonel

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
    “The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.”
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noun

  1. (historical)A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
    “The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.”
  2. (historical, often, proscribed)A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.

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Etymology

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

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