"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
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  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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (type of military engine): балиста (balista) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mangeneel [neuter] (Dutch), mangonel [masculine] (Dutch), mangoneli (Finnish), mangonneau [masculine] (French), منجنیق (mencenik, mancınık) (Ottoman Turkish), trebusz ciągniony [masculine] (Polish), trebusz trakcyjny [masculine] (Polish), manganela [feminine] (Portuguese), manganilla [feminine] (Spanish), mangana [feminine] (Spanish), maganel [masculine] (Spanish), mangonel [masculine] (Spanish), manganel [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'type of military engine': 50 50

Inflected forms

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