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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ri·bau·de·quin n.
 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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