trebucket : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trebucket	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trebucket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trebucket n an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles Synonym(s): catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trebuchet \Treb"uchet\, Trebucket* \Tre"buck*et\, n. [OF. trebuchet, trebukiet, an engine of war for hurling stones, F. tr[82]buchet a gin, trap, a kind of balance, fr. OF. trebuchier, trebuquier, to stumble, trip, F. tr[82]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"tigato*ry\, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. --Blacktone.