Funda fuste

Staff sling; stave sling.
'Fustibale' in French.
Sling mounted on a staff or stave, which coud be over two yards long. These were particularly powerful and could hurl stones over castle walls.

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Illumination of a trebuchet and a slinger using a sling mounted on a long staff.

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Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 87: 66

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