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treb⋅u⋅chet

  [treb-yoo-shet, treb-yoo-shet]
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–noun
a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
Also, tre⋅buck⋅et  [tree-buhk-it, treb-yoo-ket] .

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF, equiv. to trebuch(er) to overturn, fall (tre(s) across, over (< L trāns- trans- ) + buc trunk of body < Gmc; cf. OE būc belly) + -et -et
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treb·u·chet   (trěb'yə-shět')   
n.  A medieval catapult for hurling heavy stones.

[Middle English, from Old French, from trebucher, to overthrow : tre-, over (from Latin trāns-; see trans-) + but, trunk of the body (of Germanic origin).]
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trebuchet 
"medieval stone-throwing engine of war," c.1300 (in Anglo-L. from 1224), from O.Fr. trebuchet (12c.) "siege engine," from trabucher "to overturn, overthrow" (11c.), from tra- (from L. trans-, here expressing "displacement") + O.Fr. buc "trunk, bulk," from W.Gmc. *buh- (cf. Ger. bauch "belly").
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