trebuchet

== English == === Alternative forms === trabuch, trabucho, trabuquet, trepeget (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/, /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/ (US) enPR: trěb’yo͞o-shet, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ === Noun === trebuchet (plural trebuchets) A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Hypernym: catapult Coordinate terms: onager, mangonel A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trebuchet (third-person singular simple present trebuchets, present participle trebucheting, simple past and past participle trebucheted) To shoot with a trebuchet. === Further reading === trebuchet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Burchette == Old French == === Etymology === From the verb trebuchier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾəbyˈtʃɛt/ === Noun === trebuchet oblique singular, m (oblique plural trebuchez or trebuchetz, nominative singular trebuchez or trebuchetz, nominative plural trebuchet) trebuchet, bird trap fall (instance of falling) place where a fall occurs trap; ambush ==== Descendants ==== English: trebuchet French: trébuchet