trebuchet

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

Verb

To shoot with a trebuchet.

Sinônimos

bricole

arbalest

catapult

mangonel

onager

arbalist

trebucket

ballista

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.