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trebucket |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trebuchet \Treb"u*chet\, Trebucket \Tre"buck*et\, n. [OF. trebuchet, trebukiet an engine of war for hurling stones, F. tr['e]buchet a gin, trap, a kind of balance, fr OF trebuchier trebuquier to stumble, trip, F. tr['e]bucher.] 1. A cucking stool; a tumbrel. --Cowell. 2. A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. --Blacktone.
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