bricole

bricole
    n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
         sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
         other missiles [syn: {catapult}, {arbalest}, {arbalist},
         {ballista}, {bricole}, {mangonel}, {onager}, {trebuchet},
         {trebucket}]
    

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. An ancient kind of military catapult.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. 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.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first
      against the cushion.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]