siege tower

English

Engraving of a siege tower being used during a siege.

Noun

siege tower (plural siege towers)

1. (historical) A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.

Translations

tower used as siege weapon

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: belegeringstoren m, evenhoge
• Estonian: piiramistorn
• Finnish: piiritystorni
• French: tour de siège (fr) f, beffroi (fr) m
• German: Belagerungsturm (de) m, Wandelturm m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑλέπολις f (helépolis)

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: fala f
• Polish: wieża oblężnicza f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: оса́дная ба́шня f (osádnaja bášnja)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: belägringstorn n, stormtorn n