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TREBUCKET

Dictionary entry overview: What does trebucket mean?

• TREBUCKET (noun)
The noun TREBUCKET has 1 sense:

1. medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

Familiarity information: TREBUCKET used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TREBUCKET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket; catapult

Hypernyms ("trebucket" is a kind of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)

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