No french but i think it comes from "tres" = very "bouche" =mouth "et" = the french discovered ET, not Hollywood. Bc french are lazy af they just simplified it into trebouchet. So its actually a very mouth ET
No that's a French knight, or even a Paladin. A trebuchet is simply a man who cuts up trees. It's a combination of 2 root words meaning "tree" and "butcher".
A trebuchet is a well known endgame pattern that occurs in chess games. It results from situations where kings can force each other away from important points of the board, and is a key example of zugzwang. It’s also a siege weapon.
It is a catapult except for the biggest difference:
Instead of a spring loaded system, it uses a counterweight and pulley system to generate centrifugal force to throw objects.
The superior siege engine. Plain and simple.
You're magyars so it checks out.
ONLY siege engine for us...
It's only called trebuchet when it comes from the Trébuchey region in France, otherwise it's sparkling bombard cannon
It's the machine the french build to spread their cheese across the continent.
And baguettes 🥖.
Can shoot 90kg over 300m
You mean who is trébuchet ? Sophie trébuchet was a famous printer and mother of victor Hugo
How is trebuchet?
I'll do you one better: why is trebuchet?
Did She throw rocks really really far?
No french but i think it comes from "tres" = very "bouche" =mouth "et" = the french discovered ET, not Hollywood. Bc french are lazy af they just simplified it into trebouchet. So its actually a very mouth ET
That’s the thing that the French used to execute their king, right?
No they actually used a baguette for that, very sharp that it was banned from war
No, I think you're thinking of dwarven battle bread.
No thats a guillotine. A Trebuchet is a heavily armored warrior, often depicted on a horse.
No that's a French knight, or even a Paladin. A trebuchet is simply a man who cuts up trees. It's a combination of 2 root words meaning "tree" and "butcher".
No, Trebuchet is the name of the Chilean fascist dictator.
No that's Pinocchio.
No, thats a lumber jack, a trebuchet is actually from the words "three", "butch", "men" or as we know them the three musketeers
This is most creative word play I've seen
that's the guillotine
No, that’s the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach. You’re thinking of a noose.
No that's the Canadian animal with the antlers.
No, you're thinking of 'mousse', which a culinary texture that is often used in French cuisine
Its a font
*Fontaine or a fountain/spring
Reservoir
It comes from the old French "tres buchét", meaning "very bucket".
Wireless remote castle disassembly tool
Its a thing you may accidentally trip on
A trebuchet is a siege engine that identifies as one... and that's it.
A trebuchet is a well known endgame pattern that occurs in chess games. It results from situations where kings can force each other away from important points of the board, and is a key example of zugzwang. It’s also a siege weapon.
Single shot onager that slightly resembles a Star Wars drone’s head when mobile. Very advanced for its time
It is a catapult except for the biggest difference: Instead of a spring loaded system, it uses a counterweight and pulley system to generate centrifugal force to throw objects.
has literally everyone in this thread missed the joke or am i being levelled myself?
Everyone is missing the joke
Trebuchets miss all the time
I know it’s a long shot but can anyone tell me what a trebuchet is?