A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.
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Trebuchet
/ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/
Synonyms for "trebuchet" (11 found)
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More general
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3 entriescounterweight trebuchetstone-throwing trebuchettraction trebuchet
Collocations
6 entriescounterweight trebuchetlong throwing armmedieval trebuchetsiege enginestone projectilestraction trebuchet
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- منجنيق noun (trebuchet)
- مَنْجَنيق noun (trebuchet)
Catalan
2 entries- trabuc noun (trebuchet)
- trabuquet noun (trebuchet)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 回回砲 /回回炮 noun (trebuchet)
- 配重拋石機 /配重抛石机 noun (trebuchet)
- 重力拋石機 /重力抛石机 noun (trebuchet)
Danish
1 entries- blide noun (trebuchet)
Dutch
2 entries- slingerarm noun (trebuchet)
- slingerblijde noun (trebuchet)
Esperanto
2 entries- trebuŝeto noun (trebuchet)
- ĵetmaŝino noun (trebuchet)
Finnish
1 entries- vastapainokatapultti noun (trebuchet)
French
1 entries- trébuchet noun (trebuchet)
Galician
2 entries- trabuco noun (trebuchet)
- trabuquete noun (trebuchet)
Georgian
1 entries- ტრებუშეტი noun (trebuchet)
German
2 entries- Blide noun (trebuchet)
- Tribock noun (trebuchet)
Hebrew
1 entries- טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה noun (trebuchet)
Hungarian
1 entries- kőhajítógép (ostrom) noun (trebuchet)
Italian
2 entries- trabocco noun (trebuchet)
- trabucco noun (trebuchet)
Japanese
2 entries- トレビュシェット noun (trebuchet)
- 平衡錘投石機 noun (trebuchet)
Latin
1 entries- blīda noun (trebuchet)
Lithuanian
2 entries- trebušetas noun (trebuchet)
- trebušė noun (trebuchet)
Macedonian
1 entries- требуше́ noun (trebuchet)
Middle High German
1 entries- blīde noun (trebuchet)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- blide noun (trebuchet)
- valslynge noun (trebuchet)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- blide noun (trebuchet)
- valslynge noun (trebuchet)
Occitan
3 entries- trabuc noun (trebuchet)
- trabuche noun (trebuchet)
- trabuquet noun (trebuchet)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- منجنیق noun (trebuchet)
Persian
1 entries- کشکنجیر noun (trebuchet)
Polish
1 entries- trebusz noun (trebuchet)
Portuguese
1 entries- trabuco noun (trebuchet)
Russian
2 entries- требуше́т noun (trebuchet)
- требюше́ noun (trebuchet)
Spanish
4 entries- fonébol noun (trebuchet)
- fundíbulo noun (trebuchet)
- lanzapiedras noun (trebuchet)
- trabuquete noun (trebuchet)
Swedish
2 entries- blida noun (trebuchet)
- kastmaskin noun (trebuchet)
Turkish
1 entries- mancınık noun (trebuchet)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Using an eight-ton trebuchet, Tom launched Mary's bundt cake over the walls of the besieged city.
Source: tatoeba (6614230)
Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
Source: wiktionary
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 […]
Source: wiktionary