mangonel

A "mangonel" is a catapult from the Middle Ages, "Clintonshire" team members explained in a presentation to the judges.

A boastful man by the name of Mangonel was our guest recently.

TODAY'S SARABAND SELECTIONS DONCASTER: 12.50 Gogeo, 1.25 Eradicate, 2.00 Tarvini, 2.35 Marley Roca, 3.05 Mickytaker, 3.40 Mangonel. MUSSELBURGH: 12.10 Gulf Punch, 12.40 Kie, 1.15 Stand Clear, 1.50 Allow Me, 2.25 Vosges, 2.55 Amazing Star, 3.30 Brindisi Breeze.

Barbican, buttery, gardenrobe, loop, mangonel, mews, oubliette, palisade, rampart and ward.

Mangonel proves best option Jim Best is to stick to what he knows best this winter and Mangonel set the wheels in motion in no uncertain terms when running out a 36-length winner of the selling hurdle.

Historical sources from approximately 3000 BCE onward make mention of an extraordinary list of lethal naval weaponry: bronze rams, grapnels, drags, arrows wrapped in burning sulfur, javelins, slings, darts, mangonels, catapults, and later "Greek fire," a napalm-like burning liquid shot from projectile tubes by the Byzantine navy to defend Constantinople from Arab ships.

In contrast to the book, in which bloodletting plays a diminished role and the Telmarines are routed fairly quickly, the latter third of the film is little more than nonstop swordplay, clanking mangonels, and clashing battle lines--in a word, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in Tolkien's masterpiece, but without the ringwraiths or the gravitas.

Making an untrained man a knight made no more sense in the Middle Ages than making an untrained volunteer a jet-fighter pilot does today The film also exaggerates military technology, showing the armies' siege machines (called mangonels) hurling enormous fiery projectiles that explode like bombs.

Legislative attempts to curb bloodfeuds occurred as early as 1100 when Pisa limited the height of towers and forbade private possession of catapults, mangonels, crossbows and ammunition.