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Trench mortar

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  1. 1
    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.’"

  2. 2
    a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range wordnet

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