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Meaning of RIBAUDEQUIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ri*bau"de*quin\, n. [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.
 
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