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trebuchet
[ treb-yoo-shet, treb-yoo-shet ]
noun
- a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
trebuchet
/ ˈtrɛbjʊˌʃɛt; ˈtriːbʌkɪt /
noun
- a large medieval siege engine for hurling missiles consisting of a sling on a pivoted wooden arm set in motion by the fall of a weight
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Origin of trebuchet1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trebuchet1
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Trebuchet, treb′ū-shet, n. a military engine like the ballista.
To these engines the besieged opposed the first trebuchet, and another mounted in the barbican.
Such was the principle of the "trebuchet," the enormous engines which carried devastation and destruction to medieval castles.
Conversely, we might describe a staff-sling as a hand-trebuchet.
The medival trebuchet was a sling wielded by a gigantic arm of wood.
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