Trebucket (Noun)
Meaning
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The medieval army deployed a trebucket to breach the castle walls during the long siege.
- A team of skilled engineers built a massive trebucket to attack the enemy's fortified stronghold.
- The trebucket was a fearsome war engine that could launch massive boulders at the enemy's defenses.
- During the siege, the attackers used a trebucket to bombard the castle with heavy stones and fireballs.
- The defenders of the castle prepared for the worst as the enemy's trebucket began to hurl massive projectiles at their walls.