TREBUCKET


Meaning of TREBUCKET in English

noun a cucking stool; a tumbrel.

2. trebucket ·noun a kind of balance for weighing.

3. trebucket ·noun a military engine used in the middle ages for throwing stones, ·etc. it acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.