mangonel

English Thesaurus

1. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	engine,
definition	:	an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	catapult,
definition	:	shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult (verb.contact)

derivation	:	catapultian, catapultic,
definition	:	of or like a catapult (adj.pert)

derivation	:	catapult,
definition	:	shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult (verb.contact)

derivation	:	catapultian, catapultic,
definition	:	of or like a catapult (adj.pert)