mangonel

[ mang-guh-nel ]

/ ˈmæŋ gəˌnɛl /

(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.

Origin of mangonel

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French (diminutive), derivative of Late Latin manganum < Greek mánganon engine of war

There was one mangonel so close under the walls that when all its crew were shot dead no others had ventured to man it.

God Wills It! |William Stearns Davis
The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle.

The White Company |Arthur Conan Doyle
Ye dauntless archers, twang your cross-bows well; On, bill and battle-axe and mangonel!

The History of Pendennis |William Makepeace Thackeray
Mangonel, s. a military engine on the principle of the sling-staff for casting stones, a catapult, C 6279.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes |Geoffrey Chaucer

Ye dauntless archers, twang your cross-bows well; On, bill and battle-ax and mangonel!

A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 |William Makepeace Thackeray

mangonel

/ (ˈmæŋɡəˌnɛl) /

history a war engine for hurling stones

C13: via Old French from Medieval Latin manganellus, ultimately from Greek manganon