mangonel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mangonel
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French (diminutive), derivative of Late Latin manganum < Greek mánganon engine of war
Vocabulary lists containing mangonel
Medieval Europe - Middle School
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Another suggestion for the origin of the word is that the word represents a shortened form, gonne, of a supposed French mangonne, a mangonel, but the French word is mangonneau.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
The homely mangle, which comes to us from Dutch, is a doublet of the warlike engine called a mangonel— "You may win the wall in spite both of bow and mangonel."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Bent bows were borne by Bowes, an arblast by Arblaster, arrows by Archer, birding-bolts or bosouns by Bosun, the mangonel by Mangnall.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Ye dauntless archers, twang your cross-bows well; On, bill and battle-ax and mangonel!
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
But sighing, Beltane closed his vizor and heedless of flying bolt and arrow strode to the narrow stair that led up to the gate-tower and being come there sat him down beside the great mangonel.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
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