Definition of Trebuchet

1. Noun. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.

Exact synonyms: Arbalest, Arbalist, Ballista, Bricole, Catapult, Mangonel, Onager, Trebucket
Generic synonyms: Engine
Derivative terms: Catapult, Catapultian, Catapultic

Definition of Trebuchet

1. n. A cucking stool; a tumbrel.

Definition of Trebuchet

1. Noun. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Considered to be the technological successor to the catapult. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trebuchet

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trebuchet

treble clefs
treble damages
treble hook
treble hooks
treble recorder
treble staff
trebled
trebleness
trebles
treblet
treblets
treblier
trebliest
trebling
trebly
trebuchet (current term)
trebuchets
trebucket
trebuckets
trecenaries
trecento
trecentos
trechmannite
treck
trecked
trecking
trecks
treckschuyt
treckschuyts

Literary usage of Trebuchet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"81 v., gives a representation of a trebuchet. A still earlier representation—viz., of the thirteenth century—of machines of the same kind is to be found in ..."

2. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1903)
"6, shows a trebuchet charged with fully blown roses, and a knight in armour kneeling before the engine obviously with the intention of belabouring his fair ..."

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