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† howitz, haubitz Obs.
Forms: α. 8 hau-, hawbitz, hob(b)its. β. 7 howitts, 8 hau-, howitz.
[a. Ger. haubitze, in 15th c. haufnitz, haufenitz, ad. Boh. houfnice stone-sling, catapult. (Introduced into German during the Hussite wars.) From the Ger., also 17th c. It. obiza, obice, F. obus bomb-shell.]
= next. (Usually with pl. the same as the sing.: cf. cannon n.1 2 b.)
α1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 61 Small Vessels which fetch'd us some Haubitzes (which is a kind of Field-Piece to load with small Shot). 1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4590/3 Haubitz for sixteen Pound Ball, two. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Hobits are a sort of small Mortars from 6 to 8 Inches Diameter. Their Carriages are like those of Guns, only much shorter. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery v. 377 Little Hobbits charged with the various kinds of Fire-Balls. 1743–5Tindal Contin. Rapin xxvi. i. (1745) III. 562 Sixty two cannon, eight mortars and hawbitz.
β1687J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 17 These Howitts are mounted on Carriages somwhat resembling those of Cannon. 1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4556/2 Forty Mortars, and sixty Hauwitz. 1781in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) III. 488 Two field-pieces, some howitz, and perhaps a mortar. |