trebuchet
IPA: trɪbˈʌtʃʌt
noun
- A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
- A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
verb
- To shoot with a trebuchet.
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Examples of "trebuchet" in Sentences
- It's definitely not a trebuchet.
- The basic workings of a trebuchet.
- Role of the counterweight trebuchet.
- I'd be investigating trebuchet and catapault.
- The trebuchet derives from the ancient sling.
- The design of the trebuchets deployed at Xiangyang.
- A floating arm trebuchet is an efficient modern variant.
- A floating arm trebuchet is a modern variant of a trebuchet.
- Among the most common were the ballista, mangonel and trebuchet.
- Second, this arrangement is necessary if the trebuchet is to be effective.