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trebuchet (s.xiii)

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trebuchet (s.xiii)

trebechet,  trebuchett;  trepgette,  tregeute,  tresbuchet;  tribbejet,  tripecché; 
pl. trebechés,  trebuchés,  trebuchez  
  FEW:  buk 15/ii,5b Gdf:  trebuchet 9,33b GdfC:  trebuchet 10,803c TL: trebuchet 10,557 DEAF:  trebuchier (trebuchet)  DMF:  trébuchet  TLF:  trébuchet  OED:  trebuchet n.  MED:  trepeget n.  DMLBS:  trebuchettum 3491b

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1mil.weaponssiege engine for throwing stones or heavy projectiles from a sling
( MS: s.xiii ) trebucheta: trebechés  TLL ii 151.49
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) il deivent aver arblastes e fundes as peres, e mangeneus a grosses peres por launcer e geter ou trebuchez  vegetius1 130.16-17
( MS: s.xiiiex ) trebucheta: (C) trebuchés (var. (C*: s.xiii) trebechet;  (D: s.xiii/xiv) trebuchets;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) trebuchez )  TLL ii 135.49
( 1373 )  sys carpenters, deux masceons et deux overers de ferre [...] pour overer des engiens, trepgettes [...]  GAUNT1 ii 156
( 1377 ) mesme celui nuyt les enemys firont attrere toutez lours ordinances des engins, trebuchett et canons et des fagotz et eschielx [...] jusqes pres de fosse du chastel avauntdit  Rot Parl1 iii 10
( 1377-1382 )  .v. engyns et .j. tribbejet ou autrement appelé un petit engyn ové .vj. slenges  TNA E101/547/21/7
2bird-snare, trap for catching small birds
( s.xiii2; MS: 1333-34 ) Tripecchés firent de fusseux Dunt pristerent lé oyseux  Geanz Verse (A) 379
3law(right to maintain a) cucking-stool or similar instrument of punishment that exposes an offender to public ridicule
( 1275 ) abbas Westm’ clamat habere [...] collistridium, tresbuchet  DMLBS sub collistrigium
( 1313-14 ) Geffray de Say fust somons a respondre al roi de play par qel garant il clama fraunch garenne [...], lete, pillory, trebuchet, fourches etc.  YBB Ed II viii 178

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See also:

trebuch1  trebuchable  trebuchement  trebucher  trebuchie  trepgetlyne 
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