trebuchets
Meaning of trebuchets
noun
- 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 90kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters, making them more powerful than most pre-modern types of catapult.
- A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
Information about trebuchets
- It is a name.
- The singular form of trebuchets is: trebuchet.
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Hyphenation of trebuchets
tre-buchets
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- trebuchets is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of trebuchets
Words that rhyme with trebuchets
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