Medieval Engineering

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Across
  1. 2. largest and most destructive trebuchet ever built
  2. 5. Explosive, conical shaped device used to blow holes in doors, walls, and gates to which they were attached
  3. 7. Spring type of catapult
  4. 10. Huge log with metal tip used to break down castle doors and walls
  5. 14. Ladder system used to scale walls from boats
  6. 15. Weapon with an accuracy range of only 10-15 yards
  7. 16. Tall structure build to provide archers with high point from which to shoot arrows at enemy
  8. 18. The ultimate war weapon before gun powder
  9. 21. Mechanical way of loading crossbow
  10. 22. Propulsion system used by twisting rope
  11. 23. Invention that made most medieval siege weapons obsolete
  12. 24. Type of mechanical contraption used in time of war
  13. 25. Man who invented the first flame thrower and a claw that lifted ships out of the water
  14. 26. Used to more easily load crossbow
  15. 27. Used water as a defense
Down
  1. 1. Used to help citizens enter castle while keeping enemy out
  2. 3. Type of inventions humans devised in ancient times for everyday use
  3. 4. Siege engine with a range of 500 yards
  4. 6. Small sword like weapon
  5. 8. Medieval word for crossbow
  6. 9. Siege engine with a range of 500 to 600 yards
  7. 11. Latin word from which the word engine is derived
  8. 12. Small four pronged weapon with sharp points used to injured the feet of soldiers and horses
  9. 13. Weapon with a range of 200-250 yards
  10. 17. Ultimate defensive weapon
  11. 19. Originally meant literally "one who constructions ir operates a siege engine
  12. 20. Used to throw cauldron of super heated materials at castle walls and boats