noun
- plural of trebuchet: medieval siege engines that used counterweights to hurl large stones or other projectiles at enemy fortifications
Usage: historical; military
Examples
- The castle defenders watched in terror as the enemy assembled trebuchets outside the walls.
- Medieval armies used trebuchets to break through stone fortifications.
- The museum’s collection includes scale models of various trebuchets.
- Engineers studied how trebuchets worked to understand medieval warfare tactics.
- The siege lasted months until the trebuchets finally breached the outer wall.
- Students built miniature trebuchets for their physics project on projectile motion.