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BALLISTA (ballistae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballista mean?
• BALLISTA (noun)
The noun BALLISTA has 1 sense:
1. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Familiarity information: BALLISTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; catapult; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket
Hypernyms ("ballista" is a kind of...):
engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.)
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