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contrapondus

contrapondus , counterpoise (of siege engine). 1244 xvij carratas plumbi, que non sunt de ~ere eorundem ingeniorum, cariari faciat usque Warham Liberate 20 m. 3; 1253 iiij carratas plumbi ‥ ad ~us inde faciendum ingeniis nostris in Vasconia Ib. 29 m. 2; 1284 pro xxxvij carr[atis] ‥ plumbi emptis ad ~era ingeniorum [etc.] KR Ac 467/9 m. 7.

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