Definition of: howitzer

(hou′it·sər) noun
A piece of artillery having a barrel longer than a mortar's, and firing at angles up to 65° with medium muzzle velocity. [Appar. <Du. houwitzer, ult. <Czech houfnice catapult]
HOWITZER
—BRITISH ARMY, 1914

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