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Webster 1913 Edition
Ribaudequin
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Ri-bau′de-quin
,Noun.
[F.]
1.
An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.
2.
A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
Definition 2024
ribaudequin
ribaudequin
English
Noun
ribaudequin (plural ribaudequins)
- Alternative form of ribauldequin
References
- ribaudequin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
From Dutch ribaudekijn, diminutive of ribaude ("cannon").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.bod.kɛ̃/
- Homophone: ribaudequins
Noun
ribaudequin f (plural ribaudequins)