howitzn.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊɪts/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊəts/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms:

α. 1600s howitts, 1700s hauwitz, 1700s–1800s 2000s– howitz.

β. 1600s–1700s hawbitz, 1700s hobbits, 1700s hobits, 1700s 1900s– haubitz.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Haubitze.

Etymology: < German Haubitze (1670 or earlier; Middle High German haufnitz , haufenitz , (eastern) huffnitze , haufenicz ) < Old Czech haufnicě (Czech houfnice ) piece of artillery for firing shells (formerly ‘wooden slingshot, military catapult’), ultimately < Old Czech húf , hauf (Czech houf ) multitude, crowd, heap ( < Middle High German hūfe heap, troop: see heap n.), with allusion to the ability of this kind of machine to fire numerous missiles in a single shot. Compare obus n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry. Compare also howitzer n.Old Czech haufnicě appears to have been borrowed into German during the Hussite Wars (1419–1434).

Now rare (chiefly historical).

= howitzer n. 1a.In quots. 1971 at β. and 2012 at α. in a German context.

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

α.

1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 17 These Howitts are mounted on Carriages somwhat resembling those of Cannon.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4556/2 Forty Mortars, and sixty Hauwitz.

1781 in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 488 Two field-pieces, some howitz, and perhaps a mortar.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Head (Gunn.), the fore part of the cheeks of a gun or howitz carriage.

1885 Jrnl. Mil. Service Inst. U.S. Sept. 232 What is a howitzer, or a howitz, in these days?

2012 W. Boyd Waiting for Sunrise 279 145 thou six inch howitz shells to Béthune.

β. 1692 tr. Siege of Mentz 141 Besides, there were put into Boats, which had been sent from Strasbourg, with Ammunition for the French, 6 Pieces of Cannon, 2 Mortars, 2 Hawbitz, and 1500 Sick, whereof, some died continually, which they threw over into the Rhine.1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 61 Small Vessels which fetch'd us some Haubitzes (which is a kind of Field-Piece to load with small Shot).1709 London Gaz. No. 4590/3 Haubitz for sixteen Pound Ball, two.1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 377 Little Hobbits charged with the various kinds of Fire-Balls.1745 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. V. xxvi. i. 113 Sixty-two cannon, eight mortars and hawbitz. 1971 L. Emmet tr. ‘G. Sajer’ Forgotten Soldier iii. 111 Then the same regiment used us to supply a Haubitz battery, which had been engaged for several days in an artillery duel with the Soviet guns.2004 N. Stephenson Syst. World (2005) viii. 781 Both he and van Hoek had noticed that White, with a grin, was putting fire to the touch-hole of a fully loaded and ready-to-go Haubitz.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	howitz
释义	howitzn. Brit. /ˈhaʊɪts/, U.S. /ˈhaʊəts/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: α. 1600s howitts, 1700s hauwitz, 1700s–1800s 2000s– howitz. β. 1600s–1700s hawbitz, 1700s hobbits, 1700s hobits, 1700s 1900s– haubitz. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Haubitze. Etymology: < German Haubitze (1670 or earlier; Middle High German haufnitz , haufenitz , (eastern) huffnitze , haufenicz ) < Old Czech haufnicě (Czech houfnice ) piece of artillery for firing shells (formerly ‘wooden slingshot, military catapult’), ultimately < Old Czech húf , hauf (Czech houf ) multitude, crowd, heap ( < Middle High German hūfe heap, troop: see heap n.), with allusion to the ability of this kind of machine to fire numerous missiles in a single shot. Compare obus n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry. Compare also howitzer n.Old Czech haufnicě appears to have been borrowed into German during the Hussite Wars (1419–1434). Now rare (chiefly historical). = howitzer n. 1a.In quots. 1971 at β. and 2012 at α. in a German context. 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 α. 1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 17 These Howitts are mounted on Carriages somwhat resembling those of Cannon. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4556/2 Forty Mortars, and sixty Hauwitz. 1781 in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 488 Two field-pieces, some howitz, and perhaps a mortar. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Head (Gunn.), the fore part of the cheeks of a gun or howitz carriage. 1885 Jrnl. Mil. Service Inst. U.S. Sept. 232 What is a howitzer, or a howitz, in these days? 2012 W. Boyd Waiting for Sunrise 279 145 thou six inch howitz shells to Béthune. β. 1692 tr. Siege of Mentz 141 Besides, there were put into Boats, which had been sent from Strasbourg, with Ammunition for the French, 6 Pieces of Cannon, 2 Mortars, 2 Hawbitz, and 1500 Sick, whereof, some died continually, which they threw over into the Rhine.1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 61 Small Vessels which fetch'd us some Haubitzes (which is a kind of Field-Piece to load with small Shot).1709 London Gaz. No. 4590/3 Haubitz for sixteen Pound Ball, two.1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 377 Little Hobbits charged with the various kinds of Fire-Balls.1745 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. V. xxvi. i. 113 Sixty-two cannon, eight mortars and hawbitz. 1971 L. Emmet tr. ‘G. Sajer’ Forgotten Soldier iii. 111 Then the same regiment used us to supply a Haubitz battery, which had been engaged for several days in an artillery duel with the Soviet guns.2004 N. Stephenson Syst. World (2005) viii. 781 Both he and van Hoek had noticed that White, with a grin, was putting fire to the touch-hole of a fully loaded and ready-to-go Haubitz. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687
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