ribauldequin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French ribaudequin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ribauldequin (plural ribauldequins)
- An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. After the 14th century it was furnished with small cannon.
- A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
- (firearms) Synonym of organ gun.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
engine of war
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huge bow
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synonym of organ gun — see also organ gun
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