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投石器;[撞球] 落空

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n.
   1. An ancient kind of military catapult.

   2. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the
      court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is
      driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or
      stroke.

   3. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first
      against the cushion.

Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n. [F.] (Mil.)
   A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag
   and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.

资料来源 : WordNet®

bricole
     n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
         for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: {catapult},
          {arbalest}, {arbalist}, {ballista}, {mangonel}, {onager},
          {trebuchet}, {trebucket}]