A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege. The method used was to penetrate the protective wall with the hook and then retract...

edge used by the Thracians and Dacians. The name was later applied to a siege hook used by the Romans. Falx is a Latin word originally meaning 'sickle' but...

Shepherd's hook, a staff used in herding sheep or other animals Siege hook, an Ancient Roman weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege Tailhook...

rural areas as tool and sometimes as a self-defence weapon. Billhook Falx Siege hook Voulge Harrison, Mark; Embleton, Gerry (1993–2005). Viking Hersir 793–1066...

This is a list of siege engines invented through history. A siege engine is a weapon used to circumvent or destroy fortifications such as defensive walls...

the battering ram included the drill, the sapper's mouse, the pick, the siege hook, and the hunting ram. These devices were smaller than a ram and could...

The siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 213–212 BC. The Romans successfully stormed the Hellenistic city of Syracuse after a protracted...

The Hook and Cod wars (Dutch: Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten; sometimes semi-anglicised as the wars of the Hoecks and the Cabbeljaws) comprise a series...

Ladders could be used to escalade over the defenses. Battering rams and siege hooks could also be used to force through gates or walls, while catapults,...

bolt through the man's eye. During the siege, Hook meets the seigneur de Lanferelle, who disapproves of Hook's relationship with his daughter Melisande...

The siege of Geertruidenberg (1351–1352) was a long siege of Geertruidenberg Castle during the first of the Hook and Cod wars. In 1345, Geertruidenberg...

The siege of Zierikzee (1351) took place during the first of the Hook and Cod wars. In the middle ages Zierikzee was a town of substantial importance...

armor, as well as Roman identification tags. A Roman siege-hook, used both for stabbing and hooking onto the wall, was found in the breach. Only one human...

The siege of Gouda (1428) was a siege that ended the second phase of the Hook and Cod wars. After escaping her detention in 1425 from the Gravensteen...

The siege of Deventer was a siege of Deventer (then a major Hanseatic city) in 1456 during a struggle between Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy and the...

Kaginawa (鈎縄 or 鉤縄; lit. "hook-rope") is a type of grappling hook used as a tool in feudal Japan by the samurai class, their retainers, foot soldiers...

be suspended, multiple hooks are sometimes located around the shoulders, upper arm, back, and the knees. Finding the proper hook placement and number involves...

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is a 1989 American comedy crime film starring Bubba Smith, David Graf and Michael Winslow. It was directed by Peter...

Redgrave (Polly Barlow), Donald Houston (Robert Hook), Zia Mohyeddin (Amaz), Dandy Nichols (Mrs Innes Hook), Gwenda Wilson (American Lady), David David (Clerk)...

This is an overview of Chinese siege weapons. Siege ladders were used starting from the Warring States period. A hinged folding ladder known as the "cloud...

S.W.A.T.: Under Siege is a 2017 American action film directed by Tony Giglio. It is the third installment of the S.W.A.T. film series and was released...

series Cos but is best known for her role as the soft-spoken Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy series. Later she appeared in the films Recipe for...

Morgan A "sexy fairy tale" by Susan Starr Richards. Captain James Hook and the Siege of Neverland 2014 Morgan Le Fay A novel by Jeremiah Kleckner and Jeremy...

The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces...

all kinds by the Gauls [...] They, in fact, used ropes to deflect the siege hooks and after securing them they would pull them in [...] they would remove...

Siege of Utrecht may refer to: Siege of Utrecht (1345) [fr; nl], laid by William II, Count of Hainaut Siege of Utrecht (1483), during the Hook and Cod...

government either concealed information about or outright falsified the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks...

Religious 13th century–1510 Also known as Timoleague Abbey. Ruins. Tintern Abbey Hook Peninsula Domestic Religious 13th century Ruins. Daughter house of Tintern...

Frances Hook (1847–March 17, 1908) claimed that she, disguised as a man, enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. She stated...

Transliteration: "Onigoe wo tōtta onitachi" (Japanese: 鬼越を通った鬼たち) A fishing hook is lost, then found (this tale is a renewal). A man does not understand the...