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trebuchet

/ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/ UK
/ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/ UK
/ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ UK
/ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/ US
/ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ US

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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.

noun trebuchets · trabuch · trabucho · trabuquet · trepeget

A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

verb trebuchets · trebucheting · trebucheted · trabuch · trabucho

To shoot with a trebuchet.

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noun trebuchet

Español	fundíbulo, trabuquete, lanzapiedras, fonébol
日本語	トレビュシェット torebyushetto, 平衡錘投石機 heikōsui-tōsekiki
中文	重力拋石機 /重力抛石机 zhònglì pāoshíjī, 配重拋石機 /配重抛石机 pèizhòng pāoshíjī, 回回砲 /回回炮 huíhuípào
Português	trabuco
Français	trébuchet
Deutsch	Blide, Tribock
Italiano	trabucco, trabocco
Русский	требуше́т trebušét, требюше́ trebjušé
العربية	منجنيق manjanīq
עברית	טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה trebushe

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@misc{trebuchet_2026,
  title = {trebuchet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trebuchet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}