mangonel noun.
['maŋgǝn(ǝ)l] obsolete exc.
Hist. ME.[Old French mangonel(le) (mod. mangonneau) from medieval Latin manganellus, -gon- dim. of late Latin manganum from Greek magganon engine of war, axis of a pulley.]A military engine for throwing stones and other missiles.
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