English
Noun
siege tower (plural siege towers)
- (historical) A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
Translations
tower used as siege weapon
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: belegeringstoren m, evenhoge
- Estonian: piiramistorn
- Finnish: piiritystorni
- French: tour de siège (fr) f, beffroi (fr) m
- German: Belagerungsturm (de) m, Wandelturm m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἑλέπολις f (helépolis)
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: fala f
- Polish: wieża oblężnicza f
- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: оса́дная ба́шня f (osádnaja bášnja)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: belägringstorn n, stormtorn n
- Turkish: kuşatma kulesi
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