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trebuchet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• trěb’yo͞o-shet (US)
• /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ (UK)
• /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ (US)
• /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ (UK)
• /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.

Meanings

1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
   • Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
   • With counterweight trebuchets at its disposal, a besieging force at last had the advantage in sieges, and it was probably the appearance of the trebuchet which prompted the changes in castle design from the mid-twelfth century onwards which were described in the previous chapter: the move from rectangular to round or multiform towers […] 2003, Helen Nicholson, Medieval Warfare, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 95:
2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

Forms

Coordinates

onager · mangonel

Hypernyms

catapult

Translations (50)

gl trabuco (trebuchet) · acw مَنْجَنيق (trebuchet) · nl slingerblijde (trebuchet) · la blīda (trebuchet) · nb valslynge (trebuchet) · lt trebušė (trebuchet) · fa کشکنجیر (trebuchet) · oc trabuquet (trebuchet) · ru требуше́т (trebuchet) · gmh blīde (trebuchet) · es fonébol (trebuchet) · es trabuquete (trebuchet) · de Blide (trebuchet) · es lanzapiedras (trebuchet) · cmn 回回砲 /回回炮 (trebuchet) · fr trébuchet (trebuchet) · cmn 配重拋石機 /配重抛石机 (trebuchet) · ru требюше́ (trebuchet) · ka ტრებუშეტი (trebuchet) · ja 平衡錘投石機 (trebuchet) · gl trabuquete (trebuchet) · sv blida (trebuchet) · nn valslynge (trebuchet) · pl trebusz (trebuchet) · nl slingerarm (trebuchet) · hu kőhajítógép (ostrom) (trebuchet) · fi vastapainokatapultti (trebuchet) · de Tribock (trebuchet) · cmn 重力拋石機 /重力抛石机 (trebuchet) · oc trabuche (trebuchet) · pt trabuco (trebuchet) · ja トレビュシェット (trebuchet) · lt trebušetas (trebuchet) · mk требуше́ (trebuchet) · he טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה (trebuchet) · sv kastmaskin (trebuchet) · eo trebuŝeto (trebuchet) · eo ĵetmaŝino (trebuchet) · nn blide (trebuchet) · ar منجنيق (trebuchet) · es fundíbulo (trebuchet) · it trabocco (trebuchet) · ca trabuquet (trebuchet) · oc trabuc (trebuchet) · it trabucco (trebuchet) · ca trabuc (trebuchet) · ota منجنیق (trebuchet) · da blide (trebuchet) · tr mancınık (trebuchet) · nb blide (trebuchet)

trebuchet en · VERB

Pronunciation

• trěb’yo͞o-shet (US)
• /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ (UK)
• /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ (US)
• /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ (UK)
• /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.

Meanings

1. To shoot with a trebuchet.

Forms