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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: howitzer n : a muzzle-loading cannon with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: {mortar}, {trench mortar}]
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