trebuchet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: trebuchets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trabuch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trabucho
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trabuquet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trepeget
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trebuchets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trebucheting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: trebucheted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: trebucheted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: trabuch
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trabucho
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trabuquet
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: trepeget
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
pos: noun
examples: Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
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 […]
gloss: A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
pos: noun
gloss: To shoot with a trebuchet.
pos: verb
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: منجنيق
roman: manjanīq
lang: Arabic
word: مَنْجَنيق
roman: manjanīq, manjanīg
lang: Catalan
word: trabuquet
lang: Catalan
word: trabuc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 重力拋石機 /重力抛石机
roman: zhònglì pāoshíjī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 配重拋石機 /配重抛石机
roman: pèizhòng pāoshíjī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 回回砲 /回回炮
roman: huíhuípào
lang: Danish
word: blide
lang: Dutch
word: slingerarm
lang: Dutch
word: slingerblijde
lang: Esperanto
word: ĵetmaŝino
lang: Esperanto
word: trebuŝeto
lang: Finnish
word: vastapainokatapultti
lang: French
word: trébuchet
lang: Galician
word: trabuco
lang: Galician
word: trabuquete
lang: Georgian
word: ტრებუშეტი
roman: ṭrebušeṭi
lang: German
word: Blide
lang: German
word: Tribock
lang: Middle High German
word: blīde
lang: Hebrew
word: טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה
roman: trebushe
lang: Hungarian
word: kőhajítógép (ostrom)
lang: Italian
word: trabucco
lang: Italian
word: trabocco
lang: Japanese
word: トレビュシェット
roman: torebyushetto
lang: Japanese
word: 平衡錘投石機
roman: heikōsui-tōsekiki
lang: Latin
word: blīda
lang: Lithuanian
word: trebušetas
lang: Lithuanian
word: trebušė
lang: Macedonian
word: требуше́
roman: trebušé
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: blide
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: valslynge
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: blide
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: valslynge
lang: Occitan
word: trabuc
lang: Occitan
word: trabuche
lang: Occitan
word: trabuquet
lang: Persian
word: کشکنجیر
roman: koškanjir
lang: Polish
word: trebusz
lang: Portuguese
word: trabuco
lang: Russian
word: требуше́т
roman: trebušét
lang: Russian
word: требюше́
roman: trebjušé
lang: Spanish
word: fundíbulo
lang: Spanish
word: trabuquete
lang: Spanish
word: lanzapiedras
lang: Spanish
word: fonébol
lang: Swedish
word: blida
lang: Swedish
word: kastmaskin
lang: Turkish
word: mancınık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: منجنیق
roman: mencenik, mancınık