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Definition of: trebuchet
(treb′y
·shet) noun
A medieval catapultlike device for throwing heavy missiles. The missile, on the long arm of a lever, was hurled with great force by the sudden descent of a heavy weight on the short arm. Also treb′uck·et (-uk·it). [<OF <trebucher trip, fall]
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