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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.