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mangonel

mangonel noun: a traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).

Noun

mangonel (plural mangonels)

  1. (historical) A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
    • The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401
  2. (historical, often, proscribed, non-technical) An onager (type of catapult).

mangonel meaning in Tamil

mangonel in Tamil

படைத்துறைக் கவண்பொறி, கல்லுமிழ் பொறி

Forms of mangonel

pluralmangonels

Origin of mangonel

From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

Questions about mangonel

What does mangonel mean?
Mangonel means a traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
What is mangonel in Tamil?
Mangonel in Tamil is படைத்துறைக் கவண்பொறி, கல்லுமிழ் பொறி. See Mangonel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mangonel?
Mangonel is a noun.
What is the plural of mangonel?
The plural of mangonel is mangonels.

Words near mangonel in the dictionary

  1. mangolike
  2. mangona
  3. mangonada
  4. mangonadas
  5. Mangone
  6. mangonel
  7. mangonels
  8. Mangones
  9. mangonism
  10. mangonisms
  11. mangonization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mangonel (page history and authors); mangonel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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