trebuchet
1 synonym for trebuchet, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A large medieval weapon with a swinging arm weighted at one end, used to attack castle walls.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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trebucket
Etymology
This word traces back to Old French trebuchet, also spelled trebuket among other forms (modern French trébuchet), which came from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), itself formed from tres- and *buchier. That in turn goes back to Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), fr...
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