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battering_ram

battering ram

English

Noun

battering ram ‎(plural battering rams)

(historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known.

Translations

type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls

Arabic: مدق m
Armenian: բաբան (hy) ‎(baban)
Catalan: ariet (ca) m, moltó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 破城槌 ‎(pòchéngchuí), 攻城槌 ‎(gōngchéngchuí)
Czech: beranidlo n
Danish: rambuk c
Dutch: stormram (nl) m
Esperanto: ramo
Finnish: muurinmurtaja, muurinsärkijä
French: bélier (fr) m
Galician: ariete (gl) m
Georgian:
German: Rammbock (de) m, Sturmbock m
Greek: πολιορκητικός κριός m ‎(poliorkitikós kriós)
Hebrew: איל ניגוח
Hindi:
Hungarian: faltörő kos

Icelandic: múrbrjótur m
Irish: reithe cogaidh m
Italian: ariete (it)
Japanese: 破城槌 ‎(hajōtsui)
Norman: mouton m
Latin: aries (la) m
Macedonian: опсаден овен m ‎(opsaden oven), овен m ‎(oven)
Norwegian: rambukk m
Persian: راک (fa) ‎(râk), چکش تیرکوب, دژکوب (fa)
Polish: taran (pl) m
Portuguese: aríete (pt) m
Romanian: berbec (ro) m
Russian: тара́н (ru) m ‎(tarán)
Spanish: ariete (es) m
Turkish: şahmerdan (tr)
Welsh: dyrnhwrdd

External links

battering ram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at