Crossword clues for lobber
Wiktionary
n. One who throws or hits/kicks a ball in a high arc.
Wikipedia
The Lobber was a surface-to-surface cargo missile developed during the mid 1950s by Convair for use by the United States Army. Intended to deliver supplies to troops in combat, it was successfully tested, but failed to go into production.
Usage examples of "lobber".
From the general direction of the carrier, lobber rockets left bright thin trails that threaded the sky, then stitched the blackness ahead with flashes.
Then lobber fire began to land on the emplaced marines from behind, lots of it, accurately.
Gentlemen, my lord, in the week ending last midnight, lobber rockets landing within our defensive perimeter numbered 387, up from 209 the week before and 117 the week before that.
Given our existing defense perimeter, both the refinery sites and mineheads continue susceptible to enemy lobber fire.
We hit such lobber positions quickly and hard as soon as they show themselves, but rebuilding the refinery goes slowly for now.
Twice they came under brief fire from lobbers, and several rounds landed very near.
The hangers and pads were designed to accommodate a multitude of vehicles: the buses that connected Moonbase to L1, and a variety of space trucks and moon-hopping cargo carriers called lobbers that could haul equipment and products between the central complex and outlying factories and research posts.
Romblit division lands at Beregesh with strong floater support, under heavy fire from log-and-earth bunkers, including lobbers and blast hoses not evidenced before.
Beregesh defense perimeter by Standard infantry lobbers whose range is supposedly somewhat too short.