howitzer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of howitzer
1685–95; earlier hauwitzer < Dutch houvietser, equivalent to houviets- (< German Haubitze, Middle High German haufnitz < Czech houfnice slingshot) + -er -er 1
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From the howitzer of opener “Battery” through the white-knuckle turns of “Creeping Death,” they knew they were still playing to the faithful, albeit in a whole new sort of arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The group makes combat vehicles, ammunition, missile launchers and artillery systems, including the M777 howitzer that Ukraine has employed widely in its fight against Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
European nations have supplied Ukraine with 11 different types of howitzer firing one caliber, the 155mm shell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
I stepped aside to allow passage for a bustle of men who dragged a wooden howitzer.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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