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trebucket

trebucket

9.9
A large medieval machine with a long arm that throws heavy stones
  • noun
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  • The army constructed a massive trebucket to launch stones over the castle walls.

Examples

  • A replica trebucket was built for the museum exhibit and demonstrated for visitors.

  • Historians debate the effectiveness of the trebucket compared to other siege weapons.

  • The trebucket launched the stone over the castle walls.

  • Did you see the trebucket at the medieval fair?

  • The army constructed a massive trebucket to launch stones over the castle walls.

  • Historians debate the effectiveness of the trebucket compared to other siege weapons.

  • A replica trebucket was built for the museum exhibit and demonstrated for visitors.

Synonyms

catapult
vstrebucket
35 6.6

A device that launches objects forward with great force, like planes from a ship

refers specifically to a medieval swinging arm siege version rather than any launcher
trebuchet
vstrebucket
4 9.9

A large medieval machine that throws heavy stones at walls

is the same medieval swinging arm engine described in simpler terms
traction trebuchet
vstrebucket
  • Archaic
9.9

A simple catapult that people pull by ropes to throw heavy stones

uses a heavy swinging arm driven by weight rather than people pulling
mangonel
vstrebucket
  • Archaic
9.9

A medieval machine worked by people that throws large stones with a long arm

uses a long swinging arm motion rather than a short lever action
onager
vstrebucket
  • Archaic
9.9

A large ancient Roman machine that threw heavy stones at walls

is later medieval technology that relies on a swinging arm mechanism
bolt thrower
vstrebucket
9.9

A large ancient weapon that shoots heavy arrows or stones during war

is the medieval swinging arm siege machine rather than a bolt launcher

Surface Forms

trebucket singular
trebuckets plural

Etymology

Trebucket is easy to remember if you imagine a 'throwing bucket' — a big arm that hurls heavy things. It comes from the old word trebuchet, which meant 'to overturn' or 'to throw', so a trebucket is a medieval siege machine that throws stones over walls.