battering ram

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The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խոյ (xoy) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Belarusian: тара́н (tarán) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Catalan: ariet — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Catalan: moltó — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Chinese Mandarin: 破城槌 (pòchéngchuí) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻城槌 (gōngchéngchuí) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Czech: beranidlo — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Danish: rambuk — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Dutch: stormram — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Esperanto: ramo — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Finnish: muurinmurtaja — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Finnish: muurinsärkijä — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• French: bélier — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Galician: ariete — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• German: Rammbock — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• German: Sturmbock — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Greek: πολιορκητικός κριός (poliorkitikós kriós) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Ancient Greek: κριός (kriós) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Hebrew: איל ניגוח — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Hungarian: faltörő kos — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Icelandic: múrbrjótur — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Ido: arieto — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Irish: reithe cogaidh — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Italian: ariete — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Italian: puntone — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Italian: rompimuro — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Japanese: 破城槌 (hajōtsui) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Korean: 파성퇴 (paseongtoe) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Latin: ariēs — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Macedonian: опсаден овен — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Macedonian: овен (oven) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Norman: mouton — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Norwegian Bokmål: rambukk — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rambukk — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Occitan: aret — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Persian: راک (râk) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Persian: چکش تیرکوب — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Persian: دژکوب — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Polish: taran — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Portuguese: aríete — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Romanian: berbec — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Russian: тара́н (tarán) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Russian: соко́л (sokól) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Russian: со́кол (sókol) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Spanish: ariete — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Swedish: murbräcka — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Turkish: koçbaşı şahmerdan — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Ukrainian: тара́н (tarán) — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Welsh: hwrdd rhyfel — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
• Welsh: hwrddbeiriant — type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls