hurling

a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

-- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.

a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles v

a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles v shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult v hurl as if with a sling

The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.