A ballistic engine for shooting or catapulting stones.
| 单词 | θ163460 | 
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > 			[noun]		 > gun for firing stones (6)		 perrier1481 A ballistic engine for shooting or catapulting stones. stone-gun1495 a gun for firing stone shot. pedrero1598 A piece of ordnance with a relatively short barrel, used to fire stones and (in early use) broken iron, case-shot, etc., in naval and siege warfare… petrary1610 A military engine for propelling stones or other missiles. potaroc1700 = pedrero, n. partridge1788 Military. A large cannon which fires stones. Obsolete. rare. | 
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