Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
apparato a sporgere
English translation:
jettying/a castle parapet
Added to glossary by
Angela Arnone
Apr 21, 2005 11:43
19 yrs ago
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Italian term
apparato a sporgere
Italian to English
Art/Literary
medieval
Moedieval castle defences, sounds like they are made of wood and stick out from the castle from which to launch counter attacks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | jutting (whatever device it is) |
Angela Arnone
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| 3 | catapult |
Julie Marshall
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Change log
Jun 2, 2007 22:04: Angela Arnone changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/12362">Angela Arnone's</a> old entry - "apparato a sporgere"" to ""machicolation (a jutting parapet on a castle""
Proposed translations
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Angela Arnone
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Julie Marshall
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catapult
a catapult was used in medival time- it was a piece of wood, out of the side of a castle and used to launch missiles at the enemy!
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Angela Arnone
: I understand your reasoning, but there is the Italian "catapulta" so I suspect they may mean something more generic
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