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  • noun The science of besieging; warcraft of sieges.

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Examples

  • For that we can thank the fortitude of American forces under George Washington, the siegecraft of French troops of Gen. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, the count of Rochambeau - and the relentless bloodthirstiness of female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes.

    Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010

  • For that we can thank the fortitude of American forces under George Washington, the siegecraft of French troops of Gen. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, the count of Rochambeau - and the relentless bloodthirstiness of female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes.

    Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010

  • It yielded valuable lessons on siegecraft, whereas Florida offered nothing they wanted to know.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • It yielded valuable lessons on siegecraft, whereas Florida offered nothing they wanted to know.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • He stood calmly amid the rocks, looking up at the castle as if he were a general taking stock of his siegecraft.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • Second, Maxwell dwells on the significance of violence, which manifests itself in two popular plotlines: tales about royal pretenders Perkin Warbeck and company and warfare, especially "siegecraft."

    The Little Professor: 2010

  • Second, Maxwell dwells on the significance of violence, which manifests itself in two popular plotlines: tales about royal pretenders Perkin Warbeck and company and warfare, especially "siegecraft."

    The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950 2010

  • One of the young archers, ten yards from where Cadfael stood, was staring up in helpless fascination, a mere boy, unused to siegecraft.

    A River So Long 2010

  • Drawing on his experience of European siegecraft, he proposed that they construct a “siege engine” called a cavalier.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Drawing on his experience of European siegecraft, he proposed that they construct a “siege engine” called a cavalier.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

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