Trench mortar

/tɹˈɛntʃ mˈɔːtə/

/tɹˈɛntʃ mˈɔːɹɾɚ/

[noun]

Trench mortar

[NOUN]

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

synonyms : howitzer

mortar

Examples

1. my Great-Grandpa Hello each a so my great-grandfather was drafted in the first us draft of World war one and Served as a corporal and then a sergeant and the three hundred and sixtieth infantry regiment of the 90th infantry division in what his commanding officer first lieutenant Preston G northrup called the suicide club or the Trench Mortar battery, haha

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