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ribauldequin

Noun CEFR C1
ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪn

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
  3. Synonym of organ gun.

Equivalents

Españolribadoquín
Françaisribaudequin
4 more languages
Italianoribadocchino
한국어리볼데퀸
Nederlandsribaudequin
Русскийрибадекин

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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