battering ram

English

Etymology

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

Noun

battering ram (plural battering rams)

(historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known.

Translations

type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls

Arabic: مدق‎ m
Armenian: բաբան (hy) (baban)
Catalan: ariet (ca) m, moltó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 破城槌 (pòchéngchuí), 攻城槌 (gōngchéngchuí)
Czech: beranidlo n
Danish: rambuk c
Dutch: stormram (nl) m
Esperanto: ramo (eo)
Finnish: muurinmurtaja (fi), muurinsärkijä
French: bélier (fr) m
Galician: ariete (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Rammbock (de) m, Sturmbock m
Greek: πολιορκητικός κριός m (poliorkitikós kriós)
Ancient: κριός m (kriós)
Hebrew: איל ניגוח‎
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: faltörő kos

Icelandic: múrbrjótur m
Ido: arieto (io)
Irish: reithe cogaidh m
Italian: ariete (it), puntone (it) m
Japanese: 破城槌 (hajōtsui)
Latin: ariēs (la) m
Macedonian: опсаден овен m (opsaden oven), овен m (oven)
Norman: mouton m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rambukk m

Nynorsk: rambukk m
Persian: راک‎ (fa) (râk), چکش تیرکوب‎, دژکوب‎ (fa)
Polish: taran (pl) m
Portuguese: aríete (pt) m
Romanian: berbec (ro) m
Russian: тара́н (ru) m (tarán), соко́л (ru) m (sokól), со́кол (ru) m (sókol)
Spanish: ariete (es) m
Turkish: şahmerdan (tr)
Welsh: dyrnhwrdd

Further reading

battering ram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

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