Catapulta, an engine of war resembling the Ballista (q.v.), but used to discharge an arrow, not a stone.
Catapulta
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 827
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Catapulta, an engine of war resembling the Ballista (q.v.), but used to discharge an arrow, not a stone.