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trench mortar

alt. A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench. n. A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.

WordNet
trench mortar

n. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: mortar, howitzer]

Usage examples of "trench mortar".

Ripping open its zip fasteners they pulled out an amazing variety of items, including automatic rifles, leather ammunition-carriers, two heavy machine-guns and a squat, fat-barrelled affair that looked like a cross between a trench mortar and a small howitzer.

He's been deaf, dumb and minus his hair since a Chinese trench mortar blew him forty feet through the air.