Sentence example with the word 'mangonel'

mangonel

Definition n. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges

Last update: August 26, 2015


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2 The art of the sapper and miner, the use of siege instruments like the mangonel, and the employment of various "fires" as missiles, were all known among the Mahommedans; and in all these respects the Franks learned from their enemies.   [Please select]

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Bethink you that your illness mars the mainspring of their enterprise; a mangonel will work without screw and lever better than the Christian host without King Richard.   [Please select]

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Say what one will, they are a mammillary people politically, and the strongest party in the Reichstag is merely an energetic political mangonel.   [Please select]

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