What is "ballistae"

Usage examples of "ballistae".

If we can maintain a fighting retreat, we can ensure that we have ballistae, crossbow-men and catapults waiting for them above ground.

In an alley, hidden from sight, three oxen lunged into the traces and the wagons were hauled away, exposing three enormous steel-armed ballistae hidden behind them.

Now the first two lines of crossbow-men edged back along the walls, spreading out again behind the ballistae and loosing their bolts into the enemy.

As the enemy charged once more, the arms of one of the ballistae snapped off.

Ahead of them were the deadly ballistae, on either side the alleyways were blocked.

Four Daroth warriors broke clear of Forin's line and made it to the ballistae.

Forin, Dace and the surviving eleven armoured warriors turned and ran back towards the ballistae.

Only one of these is surrounded by flat land where we could assemble all our ballistae, spreading them in a half circle around the exit.

Under torchlight, Karis was organizing the placements of the five ballistae, forming a wide semi-circle some hundred paces from the entrance to the catacombs.

More and more Daroth were moving out of the entrance now, spreading out, staring at the ballistae and the crossbow-men, their jet-black eyes unreadable.

Not one of them reached for a weapon, but one of the ballistae engineers panicked and struck his release bolt.

Thinking an order had been given, three of the other ballistae were loosed, and the crossbow-men added to the carnage.

There were eight of them, with ballistae on their forecastles, catapults on their after-decks, and archers standing watch in their crow's nests.

He tried to take comfort in their fear, though he knew it was also their fear that made them swing their ballistae in his direction.

The man narrowed his eyes suspiciously, then motioned the ballistae crews to stand ready.