"mangonel" meaning in English

See mangonel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mangonels [plural]
Etymology: From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|mangonel}} Old French mangonel, {{der|en|la|manganellus}} Latin manganellus, {{der|en|grc|μάγγανον}} Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mangonel (plural mangonels)
  1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
    A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-mangonel-en-noun-C4NcJ6fC Disambiguation of Military: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50
  2. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
    (non-technical, often proscribed) An onager (type of catapult).
    Tags: historical, often, proscribed Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-mangonel-en-noun-vB5Qlyls Disambiguation of Military: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (type of military engine): mangeneel [neuter] (Dutch), mangonel [masculine] (Dutch), mangoneli (Finnish), mangonneau [masculine] (French), منجنیق (mencenik, mancınık) (Ottoman Turkish), manganela [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'type of military engine': 50 50

Inflected forms

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