Fust

A Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 7

The very early gun-carriage, upon which the ancient bombard was fixed by means of ironwork. Also written fustage. Fustibale. sling, with a handle fireballs fastened and to'grenades. it, used as late —asA the kind 16thof century for hurling Fustuarium. — In Roman antiquity, a method of inflicting capital punishment upon any soldier guilty of theft, desertion, or similar crimes.