Trebuchet (noun)
treb-u-shet
A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles.
Middle English from Old French, from trebucher ‘overthrow’.
Example sentences
“They lined trebuchets and other siege machines along the boundary.”
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