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Meanings of siege engine in English
Device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.
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Examples for "siege weapon"
Examples for "siege weapon"
1
The disassembled components of a harbour siege weapon came dragged by.
2
Directing the gunners to fire at will, found to blow up a siege weapon after another, and catapults.
3
Armor, siege weapons and more than a million ground troops.
4
The siege weapons lurched closer, hauled forward by massive ropes and trains of pack animals.
5
I see nothing in the way of siege weapons.'
1
Before 1500 the siege gun had been the predominant piece.
2
A siege gun can't be fired from a carriage, or even from ordinary ground.
3
He had even submitted plans for a siege gun.
4
It's the only way to stop them from bringing up their siege gun, isn't it?
5
There followed a detonation like a siege gun.
Usage of siege engine in English
1
Another siege engine was approaching the wall, pulled forward by rows of living slaves.
2
A single mote of dust: fate's siege engine.
3
What's that siege engine there?
4
So stop by their site, give a little money, get a cool table-top siege engine, and help some schools as well.
5
I rose at dawn and spent the morning carrying wood as we continued the slow business of preparing the siege engine.
6
It spewed in a white-hot torrent over the lip of the waiting container and spattered the crew like a siege engine.
7
Live demonstrations firing off a replica of a 12th Century siege engine could become a regular feature at Caerphilly Castle if plans are agreed.
8
Evan and Michael of Siege Toys blew us away with their first Kickstarter project, a snap-together siege engine laser cut from wood called the Trebuchette.
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Then we can invest the city properly, prepare siege engines and ballistas-'
10
That night Julian ordered the siege engines to be put in place.
11
Argos were skinny, but their bony bodies suggested scythes, siege engines.
12
All around it, Merrick's equipment stands in wait, like so many siege engines.
13
Dark siege engines squatted among the fields, ballistas by the score.
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Like unstoppable siege engines constructed to humble continents, they surged onward.
15
Maybe the nearest historic parallel is perhaps in siege engines.
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Heated shot was wonderful for setting fire to siege engines.
Translations for siege engine
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