Springal

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  • n. An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An active, springy young man.
  • n. An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A military engine, resembling the ballista, used in Europe in the middle ages.
  • n. A young person; a youth; especially, a young man.
  • Word Usage
    "A set of javelins, five of them, from a springal, struck from their guides by a forward-springing plank, raked the interior wall of the starboard rowing frame."
    Equivalent
    springald    springall   
    Same Context
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