weapon sling
projectile weapon, typically used to propel small stones
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Summary
weapon sling is a weapon type[1]. It draws 4,624 Wikipedia views per month (weapon type category, ranking #87 of 694).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: draft weapon[3]
- Commons category: Sling weapons[4]
- Has part(s): tension element[5], pouch[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sling weapons[7]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[8], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
- Different from: slingshot[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- P14470: Objects/Sling[17]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for weapon sling include Fronde[18], a destroyer[19].
Why It Matters
weapon sling has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]