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Meanings of siege weapon 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 engine"
Examples for "siege engine"
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.
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 weapon in English
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.'
6
The Mongol animals have no siege weapons.
7
Many of the Heronai remained along with Telemachus -thosewomen tasked with looking after the siege weapons.
8
All four siege weapons fired.
9
But no alarms sounded and he eased back into sleep -it seemed Martal was constructing her siege weapons.
10
'The emperor sent the siege weapons -but not to Jerusalem, and not on my ship.
11
He was checking on the installation of siege weapons, catapults and onagers mostly, on this second to last defence before the palace grounds.
12
The broad ashlar blocks of the keep's outer shell provided strong protection against siege weapons, but their wide seams made good purchase for climbing.
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