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A heavy war engine for hurling large stones
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bricole
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult , arbalest , arbalist , ballista , mangonel , onager , trebuchet , trebucket ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n. [F.] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. 2. An ancient kind of military catapult. 3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military English) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used. 2 (cx military historical English) An ancient kind of military catapult. 3 In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall ...
Usage examples of bricole.
Other waggons held drag-chains, crooked-sponges, relievers, bricoles, wad-hooks, sabot-bracers, and hand-spikes.