different between trebuchet vs onagercatapult

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)

1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.

   Hypernym: catapult

   Coordinate terms: onager, mangonel
2. 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)

1. trebuchet, bird trap
2. fall (instance of falling)
3. place where a fall occurs
4. trap; ambush

Descendants

• English: trebuchet
• French: trébuchet