MEANING
A siege engine that throws a projectile using a long lever and a sling.
Use it for
long-range siege attacks; engineering under pressure; heavy projectilesShow the stored effort and delayed release behind a distant impact.
Words that belong together
- counterweight trebuchet
- load a trebuchet
- trebuchet sling
On the page
The trebuchet threw its first stone beyond the wall.
A frayed sling kept the trebuchet idle all morning.
She measured the counterweight before trusting the captured trebuchet.
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Word forms
- Base
- trebuchet
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Historical types use traction or a counterweight; do not define every trebuchet as counterweighted or confuse it with a torsion engine. Noun: trebuchet; plural trebuchets.
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