A siege machine used for hurling stones and other heavy projectiles; a catapult; (also) a missile thrown by such a machine.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > from ballista (3) springalc1330 A siege machine used for hurling stones and other heavy projectiles; a catapult; (also) a missile thrown by such a machine. pellet1372 Originally: a (more or less) spherical missile made of metal or stone, shot from a crossbow, mortar, cannon, etc.; a cannonball. In later use: a… gunc1385 A missile hurled from an engine of war. Obsolete. |
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