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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;
[syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mangonel \Man"go*nel\, n. [OF. mangonel, LL. manganellus,
   manganum, fr. Gr. ? See Mangle, n.]
   A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and
   javelins.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mangonel
    n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
         sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
         other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
         ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
         trebucket]