ribauldequin

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• Synonym of organ gun.

Related

Similar words

• rabauld
• ribault
• ribaudkin
• infernal machine
• organ gun

Origin

• From French ribaudequin.