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trebuchet

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trebuchet
/treb"yoo shet', treb'yoo shet"/, n.
a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
Also, trebucket /tree"buk'it, treb'yoo ket"/.
[1300-50; ME < MF, equiv. to trebuch(er) to overturn, fall (tre(s) across, over ( < L trans- TRANS-) + buc trunk of body < Gmc; cf. OE buc belly) + -et -ET]

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