petraryn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtrəri/, U.S.

/ˈpɛtrəri/

Forms: 1600s petrarie, 1700s– petrary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petraria.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin petraria military engine for propelling stones (8th cent.; frequently from c1125 to 15th cent. in British sources; also as petrarium (1194, 1236 in British sources)) < classical Latin petra stone, rock (see petro- comb. form¹) + -āria -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier pedrero n. and perrier n.¹ 2, and Romance cognates cited at those entries.

Now historical.

A military engine for propelling stones or other missiles.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista

ballistaeOE

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trebuchet1388

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mangona1773

matafunda1773

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun for firing stones

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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 400 On the East-side..there was planted one Petrarie and two Mangonells.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 250 Charging with huge stones the murderous sling Or petrary.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks.

1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Apr. 433/2 The Sieur de Joinville, who wrote in those times [sc. during the Crusades] says that ‘it [sc. flaming material] was thrown from the bottom of a machine called a petrary’.

1971 J. J. Gavigan tr. Oliver of Padeborn Capture of Damietta in E. Peters Christian Society & Crusades iii. iii. 109 Coradin..set up one trebuchet, three petraries, and four mangonels, and harassed the fortification night and day by blows of the machines.

1999 R. L. C. Jones in M. Keen Medieval Warfare viii. 167 The walls were weakened by..bombardment from stone-throwing siege engines such as petraries and mangonels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petrary
释义	petraryn. Brit. /ˈpɛtrəri/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəri/ Forms: 1600s petrarie, 1700s– petrary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petraria. Etymology: < post-classical Latin petraria military engine for propelling stones (8th cent.; frequently from c1125 to 15th cent. in British sources; also as petrarium (1194, 1236 in British sources)) < classical Latin petra stone, rock (see petro- comb. form¹) + -āria -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier pedrero n. and perrier n.¹ 2, and Romance cognates cited at those entries. Now historical. A military engine for propelling stones or other missiles. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun for firing stones perrier1481 stone-gun1495 pedrero1598 petrary1610 potaroc1700 partridge1788 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 400 On the East-side..there was planted one Petrarie and two Mangonells. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 250 Charging with huge stones the murderous sling Or petrary. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks. 1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Apr. 433/2 The Sieur de Joinville, who wrote in those times [sc. during the Crusades] says that ‘it [sc. flaming material] was thrown from the bottom of a machine called a petrary’. 1971 J. J. Gavigan tr. Oliver of Padeborn Capture of Damietta in E. Peters Christian Society & Crusades iii. iii. 109 Coradin..set up one trebuchet, three petraries, and four mangonels, and harassed the fortification night and day by blows of the machines. 1999 R. L. C. Jones in M. Keen Medieval Warfare viii. 167 The walls were weakened by..bombardment from stone-throwing siege engines such as petraries and mangonels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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