English Explanatory Dictionary

trebuchet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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
  1. To shoot with a trebuchet.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trebuchet2.wav trěb’yo͞o-shet /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/

Word forms

trebuchet trebuchets trabuch trabucho trabuquet trepeget trebucheting trebucheted

Etymology

From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *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.

Translations

Arabic: منجنيق Arabic: مَنْجَنيق Catalan: trabuquet Catalan: trabuc Chinese Mandarin: 重力拋石機 /重力抛石机 Chinese Mandarin: 配重拋石機 /配重抛石机 Chinese Mandarin: 回回砲 /回回炮 Danish: blide Dutch: slingerarm Dutch: slingerblijde Esperanto: ĵetmaŝino Esperanto: trebuŝeto Finnish: vastapainokatapultti French: trébuchet Galician: trabuco Galician: trabuquete Georgian: ტრებუშეტი German: Blide German: Tribock Middle High German: blīde Hebrew: טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה Hungarian: kőhajítógép (ostrom) Italian: trabucco Italian: trabocco Japanese: トレビュシェット Japanese: 平衡錘投石機 Latin: blīda Lithuanian: trebušetas Lithuanian: trebušė Macedonian: требуше́ Norwegian Bokmål: blide Norwegian Bokmål: valslynge Norwegian Nynorsk: blide Norwegian Nynorsk: valslynge Occitan: trabuc Occitan: trabuche Occitan: trabuquet Persian: کشکنجیر Polish: trebusz Portuguese: trabuco Russian: требуше́т Russian: требюше́ Spanish: fundíbulo Spanish: trabuquete Spanish: lanzapiedras Spanish: fonébol Swedish: blida Swedish: kastmaskin Turkish: mancınık Ottoman Turkish: منجنیق
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