trebuculus

trebuculus [cf. AN trebuc, trebuchet], trebuchet, military engine for hurling large missiles. s1097 locaverunt machinas in locis opportunis, petrarias scilicet, trubuculos, et mangonellos, ex quibus crebros lapides emittebant M. Par. Maj. II 68; s1099 petrarias, tribunculos, et arietes, cum scrophis ad murum suffodiendum construxerunt Ib. II 96 (cf. M. Par. Min. I 140: trebunculos); s1218 viderunt eam [turrim Damiete] capi non posse ‥ nec insultu petrariarum aut trebuculorum ictibus Ib. III 36; s1403 trabuculis et magonellis Bower XV 15.

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