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poliorcetic, a.|pɒlɪɔːˈsɛtɪk|
[ad. Gr. πολιορκητικ-ός, f. πολιορκητής besieger, f. πολιορκεῖν to besiege a city, f. πόλι-ς city + ἕρκ-ος fence, enclosure. So F. poliorcétique.]
Of or pertaining to the besieging of cities or fortresses.
a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 98 The ‘arietes’, or battering-rams..were amongst the poliorcetic engines of the ancients. 1898Athenæum 24 Sept. 423/2 The poliorcetic principles displayed at Château Gaillard. 1936H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe i. xv. 187 To the marine skill of the Scandinavians they [sc. the Normans] added all that was then known of cavalry warfare and the poliorcetic art. 1975C. J. Bishko in K. M. Setton Hist. Crusades III. xii. 410 Its [sc. Lisbon's] stubborn defense..against the combined Portuguese and crusader resources, including the northerners' heavy siege machines and poliorcetic skills. |