Note 272 — XXXIX MILITARY ENGINES
Laurence Marcellus Larson translation
The trebucket (French trébuchet) was a siege engine which came into use in the twelfth century; it was worked by counterpoises. For a description see Oman, Art of War, 143-144; Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed, 1867, 103-104; Falk, Altnordische Waffenkunde, 193-194.