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Trebuchet

noun
1.
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.  Synonyms: arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebucket.






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"Trebuchet" Quotes from Famous Books



... city. Besides the cannon on the walls, each tower had three large guns pointing in different directions, and eight smaller pieces for fast firing. Antiquated weapons were pressed into the service as well, the balista, the three-mouthed trebuchet (the tappgete, or tryppgette of the English), and the sling for hurling heavy darts and arrows set up on the Porte Martainville. Besides this, they sank every boat on the Seine, above or below the town, and even burnt their ...
— The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook



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