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Howitzer : (noun)
1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that
fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: mortar,
trench mortar]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Howitzer : \How"itz*er\, n. [G. haubitze, formerly hauffnitz,
Bohem. haufnice, orig., a sling.] (Mil.)
(a) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow,
could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
[Obs.]
(b) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a
chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore,
and intended to throw large projectiles with
comparatively small charges.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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