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Definition of the day : « ballista »
- As in weapon : noun arm, armament
- As in catapult : noun implement for shooting weapon
- The ballista was considerably larger and more expensive than this.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 » by Various
- No ballista, however, is made without regard to the given amount of weight of the stone which the engine is intended to throw.
- Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
- The ballista (Fig. 229) was in reality a large cross-bow, built to shoot long, heavy bolts or arrows.
- Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
- Like a modern field gun, the ballista shot low and directly toward the enemy.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- Various names were applied to these weapons, the chief of which were the ballista and the catapult.
- Extract from : « Great Inventions and Discoveries » by Willis Duff Piercy
- Trebuchet, treb′ū-shet, n. a military engine like the ballista.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various