trebuchet

Etymology
From, et al. (modern ), from , from  + , from , from Old , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1) A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
 * 2) A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
 * 1) A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
 * 1) A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
 * 1) A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
 * 1) A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: مَنْجَنيق
 * Catalan: trabuquet,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 重力拋石機, 配重拋石機, 回回砲
 * Danish: blide
 * Dutch:, slingerblijde
 * Esperanto: ĵetmaŝino, trebuŝeto
 * Finnish: vastapainokatapultti
 * French:
 * Galician: trabuco, trabuquete
 * German: Bleide,, Tribock, Tribok
 * Middle High German / Early New High German: plid
 * Hebrew: טְרֶבּוּשֶׁה
 * Hungarian: kőhajító (ostrom)gép
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: トレビュシェット, 平衡錘投石機
 * Latin: blīda
 * Lithuanian: trebušetas, trebušė
 * Macedonian: требуше́
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: blide, valslynge
 * Nynorsk: blide, valslynge
 * Occitan:, , trabuquet
 * Ottoman Turkish: منجنیق
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, требюше́
 * Spanish:, trabuquete, lanzapiedras,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To shoot with a trebuchet.

Etymology
From the verb.

Noun

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