mangonel
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).
Noun edit
mangonel (plural mangonels)
- (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
- A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
- 1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401:
- The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
- (non-technical, often proscribed) An onager (type of catapult).
- A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
Translations edit
type of military engine
References edit
- “mangonel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Old French mangonel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mangonel m (plural mangonellen)
Old French edit
Noun edit
mangonel oblique singular, m (oblique plural mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative singular mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative plural mangonel)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mangonel, supplement)