howitzer Definition
how·itzer (ho̵u′it sər)
noun
a short cannon, larger than a mortar, firing shells in a high trajectory
Etymology: Du houvietser < 15th-c. Ger haufenitz < Czech houfnice, howitzer, orig., a sling
howitzer Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tow: D-1 152mm towed heavy howitzer 1943 One of the last WWII vintage weapons still in use.
- rifle: Mark I This was the first rifled howitzer to be introduced into service from 1872.
- unleash: Our shaven-headed leader needed no second bidding and hared into the area to unleash a howitzer past Masters.
- include: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
- use: All artillery guns and howitzers used by the Great War armies were breech loaded.
Adjective modifier
- 8-inch: The troops, despite the heat, dragged four 8-inch howitzers up from the river.
- self-propelled: M109 155mm Self-propelled howitzer An American self-propelled howitzer with a fully armored turret.
- heavy: Suddenly, at 5.00pm, a new and furious bombardment of Ypres started up by heavy German long-range howitzers.
- 42cm: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
- huge: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
- German: Suddenly, at 5.00pm, a new and furious bombardment of Ypres started up by heavy German long-range howitzers.
Modifies a noun
- shell: The base of the cross was fashioned from the base of a 4.5 howitzer shell, the rest from carefully fashioned strips of brass.
- battery: The regimental squadron commander must also ensure the fires of his howitzer battery are planned to provide support beyond the initial screen line.
- gun: This needed very little work except for a shorter, howitzer style gun from the GZG range.
- embrasure: Block 8: three 75mm howitzer embrasures and two GFM cupolas.
- carriage: The Priest was one of the best howitzer carriages in the early part of WWII.
Noun used with modifier
- inch: About a quarter of a mile behind these eighteen pounder guns there were 4.5 inch howitzers.
- siege: The field howitzer and siege howitzer were produced from 1896.
- yard: He saved from Robinson, watched Earnie fire just wide then react smartly to touch a Gordon 30 yard howitzer over the bar.
- mountain: History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer.

