trench mortar en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.
The medical captain, ‘What hit you?’ Me, with the eyes shut, ‘A trench-mortar shell.’
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trench-mortar | alternative | lexicographic | |
| trench mortars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |