howitzern.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊɪtsə/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊᵻtsər/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s hauwitzer, 1700s hautvitzer, 1700s hautwitzer, 1700s hawitzer, 1700s hoyetzer, 1700s– howitzer.

β. 1700s hawbitzer, 1700s hobitzer, 1700s–1800s haubitzer.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Haubitze.

Etymology: Apparently < German Haubitze howitz n., with remodelling of the final syllable by association with formations in -er suffix¹ and -er suffix² Compare Dutch houwitser (1663 as †houvietser , 1667 as †houwidser ), French obusier (1762). Compare earlier howitz n.

a. A piece of artillery with a relatively short barrel, and typically of relatively light weight, designed for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities. Cf. earlier howitz n.gun-howitzer: see gun n. Compounds 2. mountain howitzer: see mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2a.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mountain-piece or howitzer

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howitzer1695

amusette1757

mountain howitzer1812

mountain-gun1844

how1915

gun-howitzer1940

α.

1695 London Gaz. No. 3106/3 40 Mortars and Hauwitzers.

1713 Inventory in A. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) 232/2 Iron Howitzers of 2 foot 9 inches.

1781 G. Washington Diary 9 Oct. (1978) III. 425 The French opened a battery on our extreme left, of 4 Sixteen pounders, and Six Morters & Hawitzers and at 5 oclock an American battery of Six 18s & 24s.

1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 581/1 We drove the enemy from..the town by howitzers.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 158 At each corner..were placed..the rifled howitzers.

1914 D. Haig Diary 25 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 65 The howitzers firing point blank from the barricades made the Enemy pause and inflicted great loss on him.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Oct. 2/6 This caliber howitzer has gained the reputation of being the ‘work horse’ of the Army.

2010 S. Junger War i. iii. 42 There were two howitzers there that could throw 155s all the way into the southern Korengal, ten miles away.

β. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3941/2 A Battery of two Mortars and 4 Haubitzers.1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. 138 12 Hawbitzers, or little Mortars.1760 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 14/1 The signal..was given by four hawbitzers fired in the air.1848 Colburn's United Service Mag. Nov. 443 The ‘Mountain battery’ is armed with three 3-pounders, three or four light 4½ inch haubitzers, six swivels, and four rocket-guns.

b. A shell fired by this piece of artillery.Less common than howitzer shell (see Compounds 1) after the mid-19th century.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > howitzer shell

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obus1793

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 442 A..body of Russians..had begun to throw some howitzers into that town, with an intention to set the magazines on fire.

1793 Polit. State Europe IV. 316 At Mentz several howitzers fell near the cathedral, and in Schuster-Street, where two or three houses were destroyed.

1832 T. E. Hook Life Gen. Baird II. App. 391 The first howitzer struck the said Captain Ricard's horse.

1974 D. Pacey Waken, Lords & Ladies Gay 20 Soon he'd be off on reminiscences of mud and rats and German corpses and howitzers flying overhead.

1998 S. Clingman Bram Fischer iv. 93 Howitzers rained down on the tenement houses of the Ottakring.

2. Sport. A fast and powerful kick or strike of the ball; esp. a fiercely struck shot.

ΚΠ

1932 Winnipeg Free Press 1 Dec. 16/6 A superb shot from the stick of Norm Gainor..gave Springfield Indians a 2 to 1 victory..last night. Gainor's howitzer found the low left-hand corner.

1963 L. Babrow & R. K. Stent Varsity Spirit iv. 87 Whether it was a 60-yard howitzer or a 10-yard screw kick, the ball always went where he wanted it.

1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Sept. d4 The game-tying free kick—a rising, 20-yard howitzer that struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced over the goal line.

2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. 18 A stoppage-time howitzer from Sebastian Larsson made sure Blues opened the new era with their fourth win of the season.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as howitzer battery, howitzer shell, etc.

ΚΠ

1758 J. Wolfe Let. 30 July in B. Wilson Life & Lett. J. Wolfe (1909) 389 I had the satisfaction of putting two or three haut-vitzer shells into his stern.

1762 Gentleman's & London Mag. Sept. 521/1 The battery mentioned yesterday was begun; as also a howitzer battery, beyond the Spanish redoubt, to remove the shipping farther off up the river.

1844 W. Siborne Hist. War in 1815 I. x. 386 Major Bull's British howitzer horse-battery.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IV. 161 The howitzer shell-guns were remodeled in 1844.

1914 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl.-Tribune 25 Sept. 1/5 The German howitzer shells..send up columns of greasy black smoke.

1916 Times 6 Oct. 8/1 One German light field howitzer battery..fired over 3,500 rounds of gas shells (known as ‘green cross’ shells) in 24 hours.

1967 Boston Herald 1 Apr. 14/6 The enemy opened up with mortar and howitzer fire, hitting American troops who had pulled back into defensive perimeters.

1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xxi. 423 When they finished hauling a load of howitzer shells to the front—work they didn't relish in the first place—they..would drive back to their company garage and go home.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 14 The deafening sound of an Israeli artillery barrage fired from a self-propelled howitzer battery hidden in the valley.

C2.

howitzer boat n. Navy (now historical) a boat armed with a howitzer, typically used for raids, landings, etc.

ΚΠ

1801 Ld. Nelson 15 Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 463 Captain Coun who commands the Division of Howitzer-Boats..is to open his fire from the Howitzers upon the batteries and camp.

1862 W. H. Parker Instr. Naval Light Artillery ii. 22 When a howitzer boat is sent on distant service, the gun should be placed at the bottom of the boat.

2010 Blackmore Vale Mag. (Nexis) 17 Dec. 36 When the British mounted a general attack on the French.., John Buckland and Thomas Worth were commanding RMA detachments on howitzer-boats.

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

单词	howitzer
释义	howitzern. Brit. /ˈhaʊɪtsə/, U.S. /ˈhaʊᵻtsər/ Forms: α. 1600s–1700s hauwitzer, 1700s hautvitzer, 1700s hautwitzer, 1700s hawitzer, 1700s hoyetzer, 1700s– howitzer. β. 1700s hawbitzer, 1700s hobitzer, 1700s–1800s haubitzer. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Haubitze. Etymology: Apparently < German Haubitze howitz n., with remodelling of the final syllable by association with formations in -er suffix¹ and -er suffix² Compare Dutch houwitser (1663 as †houvietser , 1667 as †houwidser ), French obusier (1762). Compare earlier howitz n. 1. a. A piece of artillery with a relatively short barrel, and typically of relatively light weight, designed for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities. Cf. earlier howitz n.gun-howitzer: see gun n. Compounds 2. mountain howitzer: see mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2a. 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. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3106/3 40 Mortars and Hauwitzers. 1713 Inventory in A. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) 232/2 Iron Howitzers of 2 foot 9 inches. 1781 G. Washington Diary 9 Oct. (1978) III. 425 The French opened a battery on our extreme left, of 4 Sixteen pounders, and Six Morters & Hawitzers and at 5 oclock an American battery of Six 18s & 24s. 1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 581/1 We drove the enemy from..the town by howitzers. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 158 At each corner..were placed..the rifled howitzers. 1914 D. Haig Diary 25 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 65 The howitzers firing point blank from the barricades made the Enemy pause and inflicted great loss on him. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Oct. 2/6 This caliber howitzer has gained the reputation of being the ‘work horse’ of the Army. 2010 S. Junger War i. iii. 42 There were two howitzers there that could throw 155s all the way into the southern Korengal, ten miles away. β. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3941/2 A Battery of two Mortars and 4 Haubitzers.1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. 138 12 Hawbitzers, or little Mortars.1760 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 14/1 The signal..was given by four hawbitzers fired in the air.1848 Colburn's United Service Mag. Nov. 443 The ‘Mountain battery’ is armed with three 3-pounders, three or four light 4½ inch haubitzers, six swivels, and four rocket-guns. b. A shell fired by this piece of artillery.Less common than howitzer shell (see Compounds 1) after the mid-19th century. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > howitzer shell howitzer1761 obus1793 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 442 A..body of Russians..had begun to throw some howitzers into that town, with an intention to set the magazines on fire. 1793 Polit. State Europe IV. 316 At Mentz several howitzers fell near the cathedral, and in Schuster-Street, where two or three houses were destroyed. 1832 T. E. Hook Life Gen. Baird II. App. 391 The first howitzer struck the said Captain Ricard's horse. 1974 D. Pacey Waken, Lords & Ladies Gay 20 Soon he'd be off on reminiscences of mud and rats and German corpses and howitzers flying overhead. 1998 S. Clingman Bram Fischer iv. 93 Howitzers rained down on the tenement houses of the Ottakring. 2. Sport. A fast and powerful kick or strike of the ball; esp. a fiercely struck shot. ΚΠ 1932 Winnipeg Free Press 1 Dec. 16/6 A superb shot from the stick of Norm Gainor..gave Springfield Indians a 2 to 1 victory..last night. Gainor's howitzer found the low left-hand corner. 1963 L. Babrow & R. K. Stent Varsity Spirit iv. 87 Whether it was a 60-yard howitzer or a 10-yard screw kick, the ball always went where he wanted it. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Sept. d4 The game-tying free kick—a rising, 20-yard howitzer that struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced over the goal line. 2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. 18 A stoppage-time howitzer from Sebastian Larsson made sure Blues opened the new era with their fourth win of the season. Compounds C1. General attributive, as howitzer battery, howitzer shell, etc. ΚΠ 1758 J. Wolfe Let. 30 July in B. Wilson Life & Lett. J. Wolfe (1909) 389 I had the satisfaction of putting two or three haut-vitzer shells into his stern. 1762 Gentleman's & London Mag. Sept. 521/1 The battery mentioned yesterday was begun; as also a howitzer battery, beyond the Spanish redoubt, to remove the shipping farther off up the river. 1844 W. Siborne Hist. War in 1815 I. x. 386 Major Bull's British howitzer horse-battery. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IV. 161 The howitzer shell-guns were remodeled in 1844. 1914 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl.-Tribune 25 Sept. 1/5 The German howitzer shells..send up columns of greasy black smoke. 1916 Times 6 Oct. 8/1 One German light field howitzer battery..fired over 3,500 rounds of gas shells (known as ‘green cross’ shells) in 24 hours. 1967 Boston Herald 1 Apr. 14/6 The enemy opened up with mortar and howitzer fire, hitting American troops who had pulled back into defensive perimeters. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xxi. 423 When they finished hauling a load of howitzer shells to the front—work they didn't relish in the first place—they..would drive back to their company garage and go home. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 14 The deafening sound of an Israeli artillery barrage fired from a self-propelled howitzer battery hidden in the valley. C2. howitzer boat n. Navy (now historical) a boat armed with a howitzer, typically used for raids, landings, etc. ΚΠ 1801 Ld. Nelson 15 Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 463 Captain Coun who commands the Division of Howitzer-Boats..is to open his fire from the Howitzers upon the batteries and camp. 1862 W. H. Parker Instr. Naval Light Artillery ii. 22 When a howitzer boat is sent on distant service, the gun should be placed at the bottom of the boat. 2010 Blackmore Vale Mag. (Nexis) 17 Dec. 36 When the British mounted a general attack on the French.., John Buckland and Thomas Worth were commanding RMA detachments on howitzer-boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1695
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