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trebucket
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Trebucket
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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3. A kind of balance for weighing. [Obs.]
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trebucket
(gcide) | 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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trebucket
(wn) | trebucket
n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket] |
TREBUCKET
(bouvier) | TREBUCKET. The name of an engine of punishment, said to be synonymous with
tumbrel. (q.v.)
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Trebucket
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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3. A kind of balance for weighing. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]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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TREBUCKET
(bouvier) | TREBUCKET. The name of an engine of punishment, said to be synonymous with
tumbrel. (q.v.)
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