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George Duke wrote on Tue, Apr 24, 2018 01:13 PM UTC:

Trebuchet(0,3) + Knight is Catapult.  Wazir + Knight is Marshlander because the radial and oblique are short-range by Man & Beast 08.  Joyce's WNH Gilman could call Wazir Catapult, but it's not that strict.  Many bi-compounds he names for the first time he puts in actual CV of his 250.  

Staying within approved 5x5 there are thousands of piece-types to generate if including divergent capture, forward- backward- sideways-only, and sequential.  Just look at Joyce and Bagley-Jones "Short-range Project"  for some.  Serious tri-compounds not straying outside that box are done by Hedden, Gilman and Betza a little.  Squirrel of NDA is rare case of established-name tri. ( Word 'trebuchet' is used in Chess Morality XI, comparing the weapon to modern rocket, in lead-up to changing scientific 'big bang' to more apt 'glowth'. )