mangonel

English

Etymology

From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

Noun

mangonel (plural mangonels)

  1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.

Translations

References

  • mangonel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Old French

Noun

mangonel m (oblique plural mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative singular mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative plural mangonel)

  1. mangonel

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mangonel, supplement)
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