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Definitions
catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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