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Definition of Trench mortar
1. Noun. A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trench Mortar
Literary usage of Trench mortar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"302d. and 303d Regiments ; 301st trench mortar Battery. Engineer Troops—301st
Regiment. ... 311th. and 312th Regiments; 304th trench mortar Battery. ..."
2. History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919 by John Abram Cutchins, George Scott Stewart (1921)
"This was to last five minutes and at 4:41 the trench-mortar shells began to land
in the enemy wire. Several of these, on the left flank, fell short. ..."
3. Illinois in the World War: An Illustrated History of the Thirty-third Division by States Publications Society (1920)
"In this military transformation the trench mortar emerged as an effective instrument
of short- range combat. And among the few American units that had the ..."
4. Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training by William Henry Waldron (1917)
"These trench mortars are used to hurl charges of high explosives varying from 25
to 100 pounds into the enemy's lines. PLATE 25a.—trench mortar. ..."
5. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1919)
"At present, the most effective French trench mortar is the 75 mm. Schneider.
The English are using three models, one a light 20 cm. mortar firing a ioo-lbs. ..."
6. Harvard's Military Record in the World War by Frederick S. Mead (1921)
"... detailed to French and British trench mortar schools; promoted 1st lieutenant
October 26; assigned to 2d trench mortar Battery, 2d Division, January 1, ..."
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