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poliorˈcetics, n. pl.
[ad. Gr. (τὰ) πολιορκητικά things or matters pertaining to sieges, neut. pl. of πολιορκητικός: see prec.]
The art of conducting and resisting sieges; siegecraft.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 33 b, Poliorcetickes, fitte as well for the warres, as buildinges, & other vses. a1859De Quincey War Wks. 1862 IV. 284 Into castrametation, into poliorcetics. 1893T. A. Archer in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 341 note, The whole science of mediaeval poliorcetics was based on the principle of..outworks. 1936H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe ii. xvii. 628 The sieges of Hertogenbosch, of Maestricht, and of Breda showed that in the art of poliorcetics the Dutch had lost none of their ancient cunning. 1958M. Roberts Gustavus Adolphus II. iii. 185 Maurice [of Orange] was a great innovator in siege warfare. His massive barrages against a strictly limited objective enabled him greatly to quicken the pace of siege operations, and marked an epoch in poliorcetics. |