Trebuchet

A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.

Using an eight-ton trebuchet, Tom launched Mary's bundt cake over the walls of the besieged city.

Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.

With counterweight trebuchets at its disposal, a besieging force at last had the advantage in sieges, and it was probably the appearance of the trebuchet which prompted the changes in castle design from the mid-twelfth century onwards which were described in the previous chapter: the move from rectangular to round or multiform towers […]