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ribauldequin noun

  /ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪn/
  • 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.
 ribaudequin
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