ribauldequin (English, noun)
expansion: ribauldequin (plural ribauldequins)
Senses:
glosses: An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. After the 14th century it was furnished with small cannon.
glosses: A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Synonym of organ gun.
Forms:
form: ribauldequins
tags: plural