Howitzer

(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.

校对:斯坦顿

• The howitzer was taken to pieces and carried by the men to its destination. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Suffice it, then, that Heloise lived with her uncle the howitzer and was happy. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I got an officer of the voltigeurs, with a mountain howitzer and men to work it, to go with me. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The siege guns in the service are the 5-inch siege guns, the 7-inch howitzer, and the 7-inch mortar. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He was nothing more than a sort of a mountain howitzer, likely, because they had no heavy artillery in those days. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The Dutch also invented the howitzer, a short gun in which the projectiles could be introduced by hand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Military cannon are divided into three classes, based upon the length of caliber, and technically known as guns, mortars and howitzers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Howitzers form a class between guns and mortars in length. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A regiment of Kentucky volunteers guarded the mortars and howitzers engaged against Black Fort. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It could be seen that the eighteen-pounders and the howitzers did a great deal of execution. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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