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has glosseng: A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Some have been operated close to the fortifications, while others have been used to attack from a distance. From antiquity, siege engines were constructed largely of wood and tended to use mechanical advantage to fling stones and similar missiles. With the development of gunpowder and improved metallurgical techniques, siege engines became firearms. Collectively, siege engines or artillery together with the necessary troops and transport vehicles to conduct a siege are referred to as a siege-train.
lexicalizationeng: Siege engines
lexicalizationeng: siege engine
subclass of(noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
warfare, war
has instancee/ca/Mandró (màquina de guerra)
has instancee/ca/Mantell (edifici)
has instancee/de/Belagerungsrampe
has instancee/de/Brechschraube
has instancee/de/Mauerbohrer
has instancee/de/Sturmleiter
has instancee/el/Ευθύτονο
has instancee/el/Παλίντονο
has instancee/el/Πολιορκητική χελώνη
has instancee/Sambuca (siege engine)
has instancee/Warwolf
has instancee/es/Almajaneque
has instancee/es/Cáncer (arma)
has instancee/es/Carrobalista
has instancee/es/Compago
has instancee/it/Battifredo
has instancee/it/Elepoli
has instancee/it/Gatto (arma)
has instancee/it/Mangano
has instancee/it/Muscolo (arma)
has instancee/it/Osservatore (arma)
has instancee/it/Pluteo (arma)
has instancee/it/Scala d'assedio
has instancee/it/Testuggine (arma)
has instancee/it/Tolleno
has instancee/it/Vinea
has instancee/pl/Winea
has instancee/ru/Фала (Осадное орудие)
has instancee/sr/Бацачке справе
Meaning
Aragonese
lexicalizationarg: Armas de setios
Catalan
has glosscat: La maquinària de setge són armes que susaven en lantiguitat per a destruir o superar fortaleses, muralles i castells de manera eficaç durant un setge. La maquinària de setge permetia estalviar temps i augmentar les possibilitats dèxit en la conquesta de la ciutat. Estava dissenyada principalment per a anar sortejant els obstacles que una fortalesa podia suposar per a lexèrcit atacant.
lexicalizationcat: Armes de setge
lexicalizationcat: maquinària de setge
German
has glossdeu: Belagerungsgeräte, im historischen Sprachgebrauch auch mit dem Sammelbegriff Antwerk bezeichnet, umfassen Hilfsmittel zur Erstürmung und Maschinen zur Zerstörung oder Schwächung einer Befestigung.
lexicalizationdeu: Belagerungsgerät
Modern Greek (1453-)
lexicalizationell: Πολιορκητικές μηχανές
Finnish
has glossfin: Piirityskone on laite, jota käytettiin entisaikoina tuhoamaan kaupungin muurit. Piirityskoneita käytettiin antiikin Kreikassa ja Roomassa sekä keskiajalla.
lexicalizationfin: Piiritysaseet
lexicalizationfin: piirityskone
French
has glossfra: Un engin de siège est un dispositif qui est conçu pour ouvrir des brèches dans les murailles ou contourner les fortifications au cours d’une guerre de siège, afin d'envahir une place forte.
lexicalizationfra: Engin de siege
lexicalizationfra: Engin de siège
Serbo-Croatian
has glosshbs: Opsadna sprava je uređaj napravljen u svrhu razbijanja ili zaobilaženja gradskih zidina i drugih oblika fortifikacije prilikom opsada, odnosno tvrđavskog ratovanja. Neke od njih su se koristile blizu fortifikacija, dok su se druge koristile za napade iz daljine. Od vremena antike opsadne sprave su najčešće izrađivale od drva te koristile mehaničke principe kako bi bacale kamenje i druge projektile. S razvojem baruta i napretkom metalurgije, opsadne sprave postaju vatreno oružje, odnosno opsadna artilerija.
lexicalizationhbs: opsadne sprave
Hebrew
has glossheb: טקטיקת מצור היא שיטה לכיבוש עיר מבוצרת שאינה ניתנת לכיבוש בהתקפה ישירה, והיא מאפיינת את הקרבות בעת העתיקה. המאפיין המרכזי שלה היה הרעבת האוכלוסייה בנוסף לשימוש בכלי מצור. כלי המצור היו מגושמים, כבדים ולא ניתנו להובלה על פני מרחקים ארוכים,לכן הם נבנו באתר המצור מעץ שנכרת במקום וחלקי מתכת שהובאו בעגלות עם הצבא.
lexicalizationheb: טקטיקת מצור
lexicalizationheb: כלי מצור
Croatian
has glosshrv: Opsadne sprave je skupni naziv je oružja koja su se koristila za napad ne utvrđene gradova ili drugih uporišta kod opsadnog načina ratovanja.
lexicalizationhrv: Opsadne sprave
Italian
lexicalizationita: Armi da assedio medioevali
Latin
has glosslat: Machina bellica (antiqua; -ae, f.) machina est quae in bellis ad oppugnandum inimicos utilis est. Graeci multas machinas inveniebant fabricabantque quibus etiam Romani utebantur. Machina maioribus saepe machina bellica erat. E contrario hodiernis temporibus multae machinae in primis in pace utiles sunt.
lexicalizationlat: Machina bellica
Macedonian
lexicalizationmkd: Опсадна машинерија
Dutch
has glossnld: Een belegeringswapen is een wapen dat, zoals de naam al aangeeft, voornamelijk wordt gebruikt bij een belegering. Deze wapens zijn vaak gemaakt om te proberen stadsmuren of andere vestigingen open te breken, dan wel ernstig te verzwakken.
lexicalizationnld: belegeringswapen
Norwegian
has glossnor: Beleiringsmaskin er en innretning som er konstruet for å bryte gjennom porter eller bymurer og andre befestninger i beleiringskrig.
lexicalizationnor: beleiringsmaskiner
Polish
has glosspol: Machina oblężnicza – urządzenie służące do niszczenia lub przełamywania umocnień i fortyfikacji.
lexicalizationpol: Machina oblężnicza
lexicalizationpol: Machiny oblężnicze
Portuguese
lexicalizationpor: Armas de cerco
Russian
has glossrus: Оса́дные ору́дия — вспомогательные устройства и конструкции для разрушения или ослабления укреплённых оборонительных сооружений. Спектр осадных орудий простирался от крайне сложных аппаратов, привозимых нападающими, до примитивных сооружений, создаваемых прямо на месте (лестницы или тараны).
lexicalizationrus: Осадные орудия
Slovak
has glossslk: Obliehací stroj je stroj, ktorý sa v minulosti, spravidla pred érou palných zbraní, používal na dobíjanie hradov a miest.
lexicalizationslk: Obliehací stroj
Castilian
has glossspa: Las armas de asedio eran armas que se usaban en la antigüedad para destruir o superar fortalezas, murallas, castillos y fuertes de manera eficaz durante un asedio.
lexicalizationspa: arma de asedio
lexicalizationspa: Armas de asedio
Swedish
has glossswe: Belägringsvapen är olika former av artilleri, som syftar till att på något sätt bräcka försvarsmurar, eller på annat sätt ta sig förbi dem. Under antiken och medeltiden var till exempel murbräckor, belägringstorn och olika former av katapulter vanliga. Katapulterna ersattes dock gradvis av de mycket mer kraftfulla kanonerna under 1400-talet, varpå murens roll blev allt mindre; därav blev det också mindre viktigt med belägringsvapen.
lexicalizationswe: Belägringsvapen
Turkish
lexicalizationtur: Kuşatma makineleri
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