Alias:
ribaudequin
- Set of artillery equipment consiting of a series of smaller cannons fixed on a platform, often a whelled platform, and having the capability of firing almost simultaneously, used mainly during 15th-17th century.
- Large crossbow fixed to a wheeled base or to the walls of a fortress.
- The term comes from the French ribaut or ribaude.
[Obs: This English term has been added to the glossary merely asa reference, to help understand the range of piroballistic weapons available in the later Middle-Ages.]
Bibl: Baumgartner, Frederic J., Handarms and firearms (Salem Press Encyclopedia, January, 2015)
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