OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28247

siege engine

/ˈsiːd͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arma de asedio
A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
Opposite this hill Bohemund's men now began to dig in a definite direction. For the besiegers had devised this new mischief against the city and invented a new knavish siege-engine…
The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
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