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trebucket

trebucket is the alternative spelling of trebuchet.

Meaning of trebuchet

Noun

trebuchet (plural trebuchets)

  1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
    • Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
  2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

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Forms of trebucket

pluraltrebuckets

Questions about trebucket

What is trebucket the alternative spelling of?
Trebucket is the alternative spelling of trebuchet.

Words near trebucket in the dictionary

  1. trebs
  2. trebuchet
  3. trebucheted
  4. trebucheting
  5. trebuchets
  6. trebucket
  7. trebuckets
  8. Treby
  9. trecadrine
  10. Trece Marites
  11. Trece Martires

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trebucket (page history and authors); trebuchet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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