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trebuchet sentence examples

  • He used the trebuchet against the walls of dover castle.
  • Medieval trebuchets could launch missiles hundreds of yards at, or even over, a castle, fortress or city wall.
  • Trebuchet missiles the trebuchet missiles the trebuchet was designed as a giant catapult, or sling.
  • In the traction trebuchet a large troop of men pulled down on ropes to propel the missile.
  • The medieval catapults used during the middle ages were the mangonel, the ballista and the mighty trebuchet.

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