Corbeau, long pole armed with a strong iron harpoon or scythe at one end, suspended in a frame placed on a cart; by manœuvring the other end they tore away the machines with which the besieged endeavored to seize the head of the battering-ram.
Corbeau à griffe, pole with strong nippers or pincers, with which any object was seized and lifted up, and afterwards broken, if possible.
Couillard, [clide], jauclide, machine for throwing stones.
Cranequin, large stirruped cross-bow or latch. (See [Arbalest].)
[Espringal], [falarique], [harpe] (which see).
Frondibale, long beam moving in a vertical plane between two uprights on an axle (not in the middle); the longer arm was provided with a bag or case containing stones, and sometimes a sling; the other was heavily loaded, the beam being placed horizontally, and suddenly disengaged; the weight on the shorter limb forced up the other, and projected the stones forward.
Helepole. (See [Helepolis].)
Herse. (See [Herse].)
Hourdeis, hurdles employed by the besieged to protect their walls from the machines of the enemy.
Lyonnois, machine for defending a breach, with a head like a treble fleur-de-lis on wheels.