"Trebucket" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A tumbrel, castigatory, or cucking-stool. See James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227
A kind of balance for weighing.
A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing
stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short
arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm
with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.
A cucking stool; a tumbrel.
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An engine used to punish women who have been convicted of being common scolds. It Is sometimes called the “trebucket," …
Read the complete definitionA cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.
Read the complete definitionA kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in …
Read the complete definitionA kind of cart; a tumbrel.
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Read the complete definitionA castigatory, trebucket, or ducking-stool, anciently used as a punisb-ment for common scolds
Read the complete definitionIn old English law, a tumbrel, castigatory, or ducking stool, anciently used as an instrument of punishment for eommon scolds
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