helepolen.

/ˈhɛlɪpəʊl/

Etymology: < French hélépole, < late Latin helepolis = Greek ἑλέπολις city-taking, used as feminine noun = a besieging engine, < ἑλ- to take + πόλις city.

Ancient History.

An ancient besieging engine, a kind of movable tower.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > siege-tower

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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 33 b Ye engins called..tolleons, Walking toures, Heliopolins.]

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 950/1 His engines, called helepoles, were a pleasing spectacle to the very towns which he besieged.

a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIV. 793 The moveable towers employed by the ancients in their sieges, and which they called Helepoles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	helepole
释义	helepolen. /ˈhɛlɪpəʊl/ Etymology: < French hélépole, < late Latin helepolis = Greek ἑλέπολις city-taking, used as feminine noun = a besieging engine, < ἑλ- to take + πόλις city. Ancient History. An ancient besieging engine, a kind of movable tower. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > siege-tower belfryc1300 mate-griffonc1330 summercastle1382 bastillec1400 towerc1440 summertowera1450 bestial1488 bastide1523 turret1565 timber-tower1614 helepole1770 cat-castle1861 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 33 b Ye engins called..tolleons, Walking toures, Heliopolins.] 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 950/1 His engines, called helepoles, were a pleasing spectacle to the very towns which he besieged. a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIV. 793 The moveable towers employed by the ancients in their sieges, and which they called Helepoles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1770
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