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Bricole
(gcide) | Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n. [F.] (Mil.)
A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag
and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
[1913 Webster]
2. An ancient kind of military catapult.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the
court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is
driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or
stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first
against the cushion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
bricole
(wn) | bricole
n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Bricole
(gcide) | Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n. [F.] (Mil.)
A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag
and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
[1913 Webster]
2. An ancient kind of military catapult.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the
court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is
driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or
stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first
against the cushion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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