trebuchet

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The kind of catapult they used is known as a trebuchet (treybooshay), a more powerful, more accurate version of the standard stone hurler.

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  1. noun A medieval catapult for hurling heavy stones.

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  • A trebuchet was a Lost Age human siege engine from their Level Two civilizations—pre-steam—mechanical but much more powerful than a mere catapult, able to launch huge boulders more than a mile. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • From atop the battlements, the trebuchet were loosed, and gouts of flame seared the night; feu d'Hellas , liquid pitch, ignited and burning. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • The kind of catapult they used is known as a trebuchet (treybooshay), a more powerful, more accurate version of the standard stone hurler. —  Richmond.com - Main
  • "We have one match that built a trebuchet, a medieval launcher thing." —  greatfallstribune.com - Local News
  • The trebuchet is better for long range targets (like the water cooler or networked printer). —  Coolest Gadgets
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from trebucher, to overthrow : tre-, over (from Latin trāns-; see trans-) + but, trunk of the body (of Germanic origin).

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  1. Formerly also trebucket; Middle English *trebuchet, tribochet, trepeget, trepget, trepgette, trebgot, from Old French trebuchet, trebuquet, trabuquet, French trebuchet (=Provencal trabuquet =Spanish Portuguese trabuquete =Italian trabocchetto, Middle Latin trebuchetum), a military engine for throwing stones, a pitfall for beasts or birds, a kind of balance, a trebuchet; from Old French trebucher, trabucher, tresbucher, French trébucher =Provencal trabucar, trasbuchar, trebucar =Spanish trabucar =Portuguese trabucar, traboecare, stumble, tumble, Old French also overbalance, over weigh; prob. from Latin trans, over, + OF + buc, the trunk of the body, from Old High German buh, German bauch, belly: see bouk.
 

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/ˈtrɛbjuʃɛt/
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