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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trebuchet /ˈtrɛbjʊʃɛt, -bəʃɛt/

▶noun a machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large missiles.

– origin ME: from OFr., from trebucher ‘overthrow’.

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