4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trebuchet \Treb"u*chet\, Trebucket \Tre"buck*et\, n. [OF. trebuchet, trebukiet, an engine of war for hurling stones, F. tr['e]buchet a gin, trap, a kind of balance, fr. OF. trebuchier, trebuquier, to stumble, trip, F. tr['e]bucher.] 1. A cucking stool; a tumbrel. --Cowell. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of balance for weighing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. --Blacktone. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: trebucket n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: {catapult}, {arbalest}, {arbalist}, {ballista}, {bricole}, {mangonel}, {onager}, {trebuchet}] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: TREBUCKET. The name of an engine of punishment, said to be synonymous with tumbrel. (q.v.)
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