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Springald

//ˈspɹɪŋəld// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young man, a stripling, a youth. archaic

    "There came two Springals of full tender yeares, / Farre thence from forrein land where they did dwell […]"

  2. 2
    An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring. historical

    "The springald is a somewhat more problematic weapon as it is completely unclear whether it was the same weapon as the Roman ballista which some historians believe never disappeared from the battlefield and remained in use throughout […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apparently from spring, with an uncertain final element.

Etymology 2

From Old French espringale; of Germanic origin, akin to English spring.

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