Howitzer
['haʊɪtsə] or ['haʊɪtsɚ]
Definition
(n.) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Stanton
Definition
n. a short light cannon used for throwing shells.
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- The howitzer was taken to pieces and carried by the men to its destination. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Suffice it, then, that Heloise lived with her uncle the howitzer and was happy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I got an officer of the voltigeurs, with a mountain howitzer and men to work it, to go with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The siege guns in the service are the 5-inch siege guns, the 7-inch howitzer, and the 7-inch mortar. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was nothing more than a sort of a mountain howitzer, likely, because they had no heavy artillery in those days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Dutch also invented the howitzer, a short gun in which the projectiles could be introduced by hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Military cannon are divided into three classes, based upon the length of caliber, and technically known as guns, mortars and howitzers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Howitzers form a class between guns and mortars in length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A regiment of Kentucky volunteers guarded the mortars and howitzers engaged against Black Fort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It could be seen that the eighteen-pounders and the howitzers did a great deal of execution. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Edited by Beverly