mangonel

From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

mangonel (plural mangonels)

1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
   1. A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
   2. (non-technical, often proscribed) An onager.

• mangonel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Ultimately from Old French mangonel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑŋ(ɡ)oːˈnɛl/
• Hyphenation: man‧go‧nel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

mangonel m (plural mangonellen)

1. mangonel

   Synonym: mangeneel

mangonel m (oblique plural mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative singular mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative plural mangonel)

1. mangonel

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mangonel, supplement)