Meaning & use
trebuchet
A large medieval siege weapon that used a counterweight and a long arm to hurl heavy projectiles at fortifications.
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The besieging army used a trebuchet to launch boulders over the castle walls.
Students built a small trebuchet in class to demonstrate principles of leverage and energy.
A note on using this word
A trebuchet differs from a catapult in using a swinging counterweight rather than tension or torsion to generate force.
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