"monkey engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monkey engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} monkey engine (plural monkey engines)
  1. (historical) A kind of pile driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-monkey_engine-en-noun-QTzcvjpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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