coehorn
Noun
Meaning
A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
napoleon
cannon
gatling gun
petard
mortar
bombard
culverin
saker
field gun
long tom
howitzer
gun carriage
falconet
carronade
demi-culverin
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Union artillery bombarded the Confederates with a battery of eight Coehorn mortars ; the Confederates responded by depressing the trail of a 24-pound howitzer and lobbing shells over the Union positions.