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petrary

/ˈpɛtɹəɹi/

petrary noun: a weapon used to hurl stones.

Noun

petrary (plural petraries)

  1. A weapon used to hurl stones
    • Their boats, loaded with six months’ provisions and a petrary for shooting crucifixes, were stowed aboard.1969, Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother

Forms of petrary

pluralpetraries

Origin of petrary

From Medieval Latin petraria, from Latin petra (“stone”).

Questions about petrary

What does petrary mean?
Petrary means a weapon used to hurl stones.
What part of speech is petrary?
Petrary is a noun.
How do you pronounce petrary?
Petrary is pronounced /ˈpɛtɹəɹi/.
What is the plural of petrary?
The plural of petrary is petraries.

Words near petrary in the dictionary

  1. Petrarchized
  2. Petrarchizes
  3. Petrarchizing
  4. petrarcid
  5. petraries
  6. petrary
  7. petre
  8. petre oil
  9. Petrea
  10. petrean
  11. Petreas

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