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Noun: trench mortar  trench'mor-tu(r)
  1. A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
    - mortar, howitzer

Derived forms: trench mortars

Type of: high-angle gun

Encyclopedia: Trench mortar