trebuchet
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- noun
- /ˈtrɛbʊˌʃɛt/
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trebuchet
- I personally wouldn't trade a bowman for anything less than two trebuchets and a regiment of pikemen.
- trebuchet and catapult
- the arm of the trebuchet
- build a trebuchet
We set it up again and we launch it, and again it goes whack right into the ground, except about two feet farther away from the trebuchet than the first Test.
- We set it up again and we launch it, and again it goes whack right into the ground, except about two feet farther away from the trebuchet than the first Test.
Examples
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"The secret of a good trebuchet is that it should be adjustable," Lady Angela explained without looking up.
Fiction book (2001) -
Local high school students displayed the 25-foot trebuchet they designed and built.
Academic text (2012) -
Satisfied, he nodded to the trebuchet captain, who gave an order.
Fiction book (2001) -
Work on the trebuchet went ahead without interruption while preparations for the trial by combat were made.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the distance, they could see men tending something on the ramp that had been built behind the trebuchet.
Fiction book (2001) -
A well-fashioned trebuchet could have them breached within a day.
Fiction book (2001) -
The mighty machine's arm swung up as the box dropped, and the trebuchet rolled forward as a second stone ball was flung into the sky.
Fiction book (2001) -
The besieging force would have a great, big sling known as a trebuchet, and they would use it to fire rocks over the ramparts.
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I am standing before the Tower of Wings, and behind me is a reconstructed trebuchet, capable of hurling a three-hundred-pound stone over two hundred yards.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the siege, the army used a large trebuchet to launch boulders at the castle walls.
Synonyms
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A device that launches objects forward with great force, like planes from a ship
A large medieval machine with a long arm that throws heavy stones
A simple catapult that people pull by ropes to throw heavy stones
A medieval machine worked by people that throws large stones with a long arm
A large ancient Roman machine that threw heavy stones at walls
A large ancient weapon that shoots heavy arrows or stones during war
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Etymology
Trebuchet comes from the old French verb trebucher meaning 'to throw down', with the small ending -et, so the name is like a 'small thrower'. That's why a trebuchet is a medieval machine that throws stones to break down walls.