TREBUCHET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trebuchet mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREBUCHET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An engine that provided 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; catapult; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket

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

engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.)