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n. A medieval catapult for hurling heavy stones.

n. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Considered to be the technological successor to the catapult.

n. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

n. A cucking stool; a tumbrel.

n. A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.

n. A kind of balance for weighing.

n. In medieval warfare, a missile engine resembling the ballista.

n. A kind of balance or scales used in weighing coins or other small articles, the pan containing which tilts over if the balance is not exact.

n. A kind of trap for catching small birds or animals by the tilting of the part on which the bait is placed.

n. A cucking-stool.

n. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

"Thus, a trebuchet is a form of catapult (as is the steam-powered unit that throws F14's off the deck of the Nimitz, but I digress) However in wargame usage the two (catapult and trebuchet) are totally different."

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