Home › Words › M › mangonelmangonelmangonel means A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.; A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).EtymologyFrom Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).nounA military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.; A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).e.g.“The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.” — 1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401:A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.; An onager (type of catapult).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).