siege engine

Noun

Meaning

siege engine (plural siege engines)

(weaponry, historical) A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
Synonyms: military engine, siege weapon

siege-engine (plural siege-engines)

Alternative form of siege engine

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

siege-engine

Synonyms

cannon mangonel trebuchet battering-ram scaling ladder petrary siege weapon

Examples

The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment. Peter Prange

Siege engines The traction trebuchet was a siege engine which uses the power of men pulling on ropes or the energy stored in a raised weight to rotate what was, again, a staff sling. Source: Internet

The benefits of large guns over trebuchets – the most effective siege engine of the Middle Ages before the advent of gunpowder – were those of a greater range and power. Source: Internet

It had a lower rate of fire and was used as a siege engine. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

siege siege apparatus siege device siege equipment siege gun siege house