stone throwing catapult used as a siege engine
Mantlet
mobile wooden protective shield on wheels ...
Mangonel: A form of catapult Mantlet: Detached fortification preventing direct access to a gateway; low outer wall. Mask head: An animal head employed in conjunction with interlace or foliage motifs. Mausoleum: Structure for a tomb.
Ballista - siege engine in the form of a large catapult.
Baluster - a small column.
Balustrade - a railing, as along a path or stairway.
Barbican - also called a hornwork. A structure built to protect the outside of an entrance.
In 683 during the conflict between Abd Allah Ibn Zubayr and the Umayyads the Ka'ba was destroyed by stones hurled by catapults. After the Umayyads withdrew the Ka'ba was rebuilt on a larger scale with two doors.
Casemate, Casement, Cazemate, Cazematte: (1) A chamber within a tower used to house artillery away from the elements such as catapults, Greek from the 4th century BC.
This catapulted him to national recognition At the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons.
Springald: war engine of the catapult type, employing tension
Trebuchet: war engine developed in the Middle Ages employing counterpoise
Turning Bridge: a drawbridge that pivoted in the middle ...
level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted ...
 See also: Architecture, House, Church, Floor, Castle
  
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