A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.
War engine developed in the Middle Ages employing counterpoise. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 227) Stone-throwing siege engine operated by means of a counterweight. (Prestwich, Michael. Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, 348) Siege engine or catapult hurling rocks or barrels of flaming tow, the principal form of heavy artillery before the bombard and afterwards used to supplement cannon. (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 224) Related terms: Bombard / Ballista / Catapult / Espringale / Mangonel / Springald
Siege engine in the form of a giant sling.
large stone-throwing siege engine
A medieval siege engine used either to batter masonry or to throw projectiles over walls.
medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
a big catapult (well sling shot to be technically correct) and you can throw really heavy things a long way with it
a catapult that uses a counterweight to supply the energy for throwing
a gravity powered catapult which was used extensively in the middle ages
a medieval device similar to a catapult, except that it uses a weight for energy instead of a spring
a medieval engine for hurling heavy projectiles
a medieval siege warfare weapon used to break down the walls of castles
a missile-throwing machine where a long pivotted beam, much longer on one side, has the short side pulled down causing the long side to rise quickly
an ancient hurling machine, a different type of catapult
an ancient military engine for hurling heavy missiles (usually rocks) at an enemy
a particular type of catapult that uses a heavy counterweight as its source of power, to rotate an arm with a sling and hurl things
a siege engine, in other words it was a weapon of war used when laying siege to a castle or walled city
a siege weapon, used in medieval times to knock down the walls of castle-fortresses, in case you didn't know," said Mlle
a type of catapult, but is more sophisticated and efficient than the catapult built last year
a war implement designed to hurl heavy stones -- and also is, coincidentally, the name of a Microsoft font
large catapulting siege engine
Seige engine used to throw large objects
A catapult which worked on the counterpoise principal. Sometimes the gravity was supplied by a heavy weight, but usually a team of men holding ropes would pull down on command, thus applying the force to pivot the arm and launch the missile.
