| 单词 | mountain howitzer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain howitzer mountain howitzer n. Military a howitzer specially adapted for use in mountainous country. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mountain-piece or howitzer howitz1687 howitzer1695 amusette1757 mountain howitzer1812 mountain-gun1844 how1915 gun-howitzer1940 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. li. 33 The mountain-howitzer, the broken road,..Portend the deeds to come. 1894 S. Dakota Hist. Coll. 1 303 Sibley got away from Fort Ridgeley..with 2,000 infantry, 800 cavalry, and some mountain howitzers. 1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee iv. 71 The Cheyennes were sure that they could have killed all the soldiers and captured their mountain howitzers. 1989 J. Hook Chief Joseph (BNC) 34 To the west, a group led by Bird Alighting seized Gibbon's pack-train, destroying a mountain howitzer and capturing 20,000 rounds of Springfield ammunition. < as lemmas |
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