| 单词 | mangonel |
| 例句 | Elsewhere teams of slaves were raising ramps of stone and sand beneath their mangonels and scorpions, angling them upward at the sky, the better to defend the camp should the black dragon return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The curtains were overlapped with pent-houses somewhat shattered by the mangonels, trébuchets, and other slinging engines of the besiegers. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Another suggestion for the origin of the word is that the word represents a shortened form, gonne, of a supposed French mangonne, a mangonel, but the French word is mangonneau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z "If I mistake not, they left a mangonel behind them——" "Ay; but 'twould take a good five hours to bring it hither." The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Ye dauntless archers, twang your cross-bows well; On, bill and battle-ax and mangonel! A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z All the machines were worked at once: the mangonels and engines poured on the ramparts a shower of stones, while the battering-rams were brought up close to their feet. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 "They are bombarding the rear gatehouse with mangonels," de Puys said. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Huge stones, showers of sharp flints, and heavy beams cast from mangonels and catapults, fly through the air in every direction, crushing Saracens or Christians. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Just then the mangonels firing from the Porte Saint-Denis mingled their thunder with Brother Joconde's voice and shook the bystanders' hearts within them. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country The homely mangle, which comes to us from Dutch, is a doublet of the warlike engine called a mangonel— "You may win the wall in spite both of bow and mangonel." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The air was full of flints hurled to the walls by ballistas and mangonels. Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm By moonlight he was able to make out, across the street from the rear of the palace, four mangonels, stone guns shaped like giant crossbows. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Say what one will, they are a mammillary people politically, and the strongest party in the Reichstag is merely an energetic political mangonel. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View The success of the Scots, described in a former page, had continued, despite the action of the mangonels and other engines which the massive walls appeared to hold in defiance. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History Petrariae and mangonels threw huge stones into the castle, and effected breaches in keep and curtain. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) In the early days of March he sat down before Tours with his siege-engines, petraries, mangonels, and towers, and daily battered at the walls, with intent to reduce it before the war was really afloat. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Simon turned back, looked over the edge, and saw the tortoise shapes moving forward again over the piazza while stones from mangonels slammed into the second-story gatehouse. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Is it perhaps an error for Karábughá, the name given by the Turks and Arabs to a kind of great mangonel? The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle. The White Company At length, after a confession of sins by the whole army, and a penitential procession around the walls, a simultaneous attack was made with battering-rains, mangonels, and all manner of besieging engines. Ten Great Events in History Ye dauntless archers, twang your cross-bows well; On, bill and battle-axe and mangonel! The History of Pendennis Take the same orders, Guy, to the men working the ballistas and mangonels on the wall. At Agincourt We have seen that one of the MSS. makes Polo assert that till this event the Mongols and Chinese were totally ignorant of mangonels and trebuchets. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 And now both mangonels were at work from the galleys, but so covered and protected that, save at the moment of discharge, no glimpse could be caught of them. The White Company During these six weeks the slaughter of the Christians, by the arrows of the Turkish garrison, and by the bolts and large stones which they discharged from mangonels and catapults, was immense. Ten Great Events in History But sighing, Beltane closed his vizor and heedless of flying bolt and arrow strode to the narrow stair that led up to the gate-tower and being come there sat him down beside the great mangonel. Beltane the Smith They are taught also, these Flemings, by the practice of their own country, the attack and defence of walled cities and fortresses, and are especially skilful in working of mangonels and military engines. The Betrothed The mangonels and petraries, and other implements for battering walls, and the ballista, with every efficient means of throwing missive weapons, were ready to discharge their artillery upon the heads of the beseiged. The Scottish Chiefs And be it known to you that the vessels carried more than three hundred petraries and mangonels, and all such engines as are needed for the taking of cities, in great plenty. Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople The Danes had provided themselves with large numbers of mangonels and catapults. The Dragon and the Raven Stones could be thrown over the walls by mangonels to annoy the garrison. Short History of Wales "Bend the bonny mangonel upon the place, and shoot him if he dare to stir from the spot where he stands till we get all prepared to receive him," said Flammock in his native language. The Betrothed The mangonels hurled their stones unceasingly, the arrows flew in clouds so that none could stand upon the walls. The Brethren And the Venetians lay on the sea, in ships and vessels, and raised their ladders, and mangonels, and petraries, and made order for their assault right well. Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople The besieged were not idle, but laboured at the construction of several mangonels capable of casting huge blocks of stone. The Dragon and the Raven A catapult and a couple of mangonels had done his business. Burlesques On this the besiegers brought up mangonels, and set them hurling huge stones at these woodworks and battering them to pieces. The Cloister and the Hearth And the barons for their part made ready their petraries and mangonels on land. Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople And some remained with their ships at anchor so near to the city that from either side they shot at one another with petraries and mangonels. Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople The curtains were overlapped with penthouses somewhat shattered by the mangonels, trebuchets, and other slinging engines of the besiegers. The Cloister and the Hearth |
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