HOWITZER

howitzer. Howitzer, n. a mortar mounted on a moveable carrigae with trunnions on the middle

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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. (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.