howitzer
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) + -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.
Definitions
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering…
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
A powerfully hit shot.
- Belgium took a little while to catch Scotland with the first of the howitzer blows, but when the first one landed there was a certainty of more. Many more.
To attack with a howitzer.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at howitzer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at howitzer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at howitzer
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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