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mangonel (n.)

"military engine for hurling stones," mid-13c., from Old French mangonel "catapult, war engine for throwing stones, etc." (Modern French mangonneau), diminutive of Medieval Latin mangonum, from Vulgar Latin *manganum "machine," from Greek manganon "any means of tricking or bewitching," said to be from a PIE *mang- "to embellish, dress, trim" (source also of Old Prussian manga "whore," Middle Irish meng "craft, deception"), but Beekes thinks it might be Pre-Greek. Attested from c. 1200 in Anglo-Latin.

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Definitions of mangonel from WordNet

mangonel (n.)
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles;
Synonyms: catapult / arbalest / arbalist / ballista / bricole / onager / trebuchet / trebucket
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