ribaudequinn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈbəʊdᵻkɪn/, U.S.

/rɪˈboʊdəkən/

Forms:

α. late Middle English rebawdekyn, late Middle English rebawdkin, late Middle English ribaudekyn, late Middle English ridbawdkyn, late Middle English rybawdekyn, 1700s– ribaudequin, 1900s– ribaudekin; also Scottish pre-1700 rabaudkyn, pre-1700 ribaudykin.

β. 1900s– ribauldequin.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ribaudequin.

Etymology: < Middle French ribaudequin (1346) < Middle Dutch ribaudekijn , ribaudekin < ribaude type of artillery piece ( < Middle French ribaude , feminine form corresponding to ribaut ribald n.) + -kijn -kin suffix; the Middle Dutch term apparently arose as a familiar name for the piece of artillery. Compare post-classical Latin ribaudekinus (1435 in a British source), Spanish ribadoquin (late 15th cent.).

Now historical.

A piece of heavy medieval artillery consisting of a number of cannon on a wheeled armed platform. Also applied to a type of powerful crossbow on a wheeled carriage, or fixed to the wall of a fort.Apparently used variously to denote the platform, the weapons on it, or the whole apparatus.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance

bombardc1430

ribaudequin1443

stock-gun1465

seven sistersa1529

chamber1540

bastard1545

chamber piece1547

volger1548

dogc1550

battardc1565

long shot1595

quarter piece1625

pelican1639

monkey1650

spirol1653

stock-fowler1669

saltamartino1684

smeriglio1688

botcarda1700

carriage gun1723

Lancaster1857

Armstrong1860

wire gun1860

Columbiad1861

Parrott1861

wedge-gun1876

truck-gun1883

motor cannon1889

Black Maria1914

Jack Johnson1914

supergun1915

flak1938

1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 257 (MED) The ribaudekyns desired..in particles..The newe ordonance.

1450 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1837) VI. 94 v grete rebawdkins..with x chambres, price the pece iiij li.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxvii. 82 Semblable engyns as ben thoo that now be called rybawdekyns.

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 1383 With that the culuerinnis begouth to schute With crapaldis serpentinis and ribaudykinis.

1788 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. II. 304 The ribaudequin was a large kind of cross bowe.

1810 T. Johnes tr. E. de Monstrelet Chronicles II. 288 A number of very large cross-bows, called ribaudequins, placed on two wheels, each having a horse to draw it.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks.

1892 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 637/1 The earliest form of this weapon is the ‘ribaudequin’,..which consisted of a number of small cannon and pikes arranged upon a portable carriage.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 513 Ribaudequin, an engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels and armed in front with pikes; also, a huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.

1978 A. North & I. Hogg Guns & Gunsmiths i. vii. 122 The earliest multi-barrelled guns are known as ribaudequins or organs, due to their similarity to organ pipes.

2000 D. Nicolle Crécy 1346 21 Only later in the 1380s would the ribaudekin clearly be a light or multiple gun mounted on cart-like wheels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ribaudequin
释义	ribaudequinn. Brit. /rᵻˈbəʊdᵻkɪn/, U.S. /rɪˈboʊdəkən/ Forms: α. late Middle English rebawdekyn, late Middle English rebawdkin, late Middle English ribaudekyn, late Middle English ridbawdkyn, late Middle English rybawdekyn, 1700s– ribaudequin, 1900s– ribaudekin; also Scottish pre-1700 rabaudkyn, pre-1700 ribaudykin. β. 1900s– ribauldequin. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ribaudequin. Etymology: < Middle French ribaudequin (1346) < Middle Dutch ribaudekijn , ribaudekin < ribaude type of artillery piece ( < Middle French ribaude , feminine form corresponding to ribaut ribald n.) + -kijn -kin suffix; the Middle Dutch term apparently arose as a familiar name for the piece of artillery. Compare post-classical Latin ribaudekinus (1435 in a British source), Spanish ribadoquin (late 15th cent.). Now historical. A piece of heavy medieval artillery consisting of a number of cannon on a wheeled armed platform. Also applied to a type of powerful crossbow on a wheeled carriage, or fixed to the wall of a fort.Apparently used variously to denote the platform, the weapons on it, or the whole apparatus. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance bombardc1430 ribaudequin1443 stock-gun1465 seven sistersa1529 chamber1540 bastard1545 chamber piece1547 volger1548 dogc1550 battardc1565 long shot1595 quarter piece1625 pelican1639 monkey1650 spirol1653 stock-fowler1669 saltamartino1684 smeriglio1688 botcarda1700 carriage gun1723 Lancaster1857 Armstrong1860 wire gun1860 Columbiad1861 Parrott1861 wedge-gun1876 truck-gun1883 motor cannon1889 Black Maria1914 Jack Johnson1914 supergun1915 flak1938 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 257 (MED) The ribaudekyns desired..in particles..The newe ordonance. 1450 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1837) VI. 94 v grete rebawdkins..with x chambres, price the pece iiij li. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxvii. 82 Semblable engyns as ben thoo that now be called rybawdekyns. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 1383 With that the culuerinnis begouth to schute With crapaldis serpentinis and ribaudykinis. 1788 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. II. 304 The ribaudequin was a large kind of cross bowe. 1810 T. Johnes tr. E. de Monstrelet Chronicles II. 288 A number of very large cross-bows, called ribaudequins, placed on two wheels, each having a horse to draw it. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 530 The trebuchet, the matafunda, the ribaudequin, and the petrary, were special machines for discharging..rocks. 1892 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 637/1 The earliest form of this weapon is the ‘ribaudequin’,..which consisted of a number of small cannon and pikes arranged upon a portable carriage. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 513 Ribaudequin, an engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels and armed in front with pikes; also, a huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins. 1978 A. North & I. Hogg Guns & Gunsmiths i. vii. 122 The earliest multi-barrelled guns are known as ribaudequins or organs, due to their similarity to organ pipes. 2000 D. Nicolle Crécy 1346 21 Only later in the 1380s would the ribaudekin clearly be a light or multiple gun mounted on cart-like wheels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1443
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