Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bricole"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bricole
n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
for hurling large stones [syn: {catapult}, {arbalest}, {arbalist},
{onager}, {trebuchet}, {trebucket}]
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