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trebuchet
English
Alternative forms
- trepeget (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *b?k (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *b?kaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *b??w- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German b?h (“belly”), Old English b?c (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??b???t/, /?t??b.j?.?e?/, /?t??b.ju.?e?/
- (US) enPR: tr?b’yo?o-shet, IPA(key): /?t??b.ju???t/, /?t??b.j???e?/
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
Further reading
- trebuchet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Burchette
Old French
Etymology
From the verb trebuchier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /treby?t??t/
Noun
trebuchet 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
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mangonel
English
Etymology
From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mánganon).
Noun
mangonel (plural mangonels)
- (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
- A traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
- (non-technical, often proscribed) An onager.
Translations
References
- mangonel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Old French mangonel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??(?)o??n?l/
- Hyphenation: man?go?nel
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
mangonel m (plural mangonellen)
- mangonel
- Synonym: mangeneel
Old French
Noun
mangonel m (oblique plural mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative singular mangoneaus or mangoneax or mangoniaus or mangoniax or mangonels, nominative plural mangonel)
- mangonel
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mangonel, supplement)
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