'Bricole' definitions:

Definition of 'bricole'

From: WordNet
noun
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket]

Definition of 'Bricole'

From: GCIDE
  • Bricole \Bri*cole"\, n. [F.] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An ancient kind of military catapult. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]