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| how·it·zer [ hówitsər ] (plural how·it·zers) |
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combat cannon: a cannon with a bore diameter greater than 30 mm and a maximum elevation of 60 degrees that fires projectiles in a curved trajectory
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| [Late 17th century. Via Dutch houwitser< Czech haufnice "catapult" < hauf "heap" (of stones) < Germanic] |
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