Ribaudequin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ribaudequin \Ri*bau"de*quin\, n. [F.]
     1. An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a
        protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front
        with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with
        small cannon.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for
        casting javelins.
        [1913 Webster] Ribaudred