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Ribauldequin

//ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. After the 14th century it was furnished with small cannon.
  2. 2
    A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
  3. 3
    Synonym of organ gun.

Etymology

From French ribaudequin.

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