HIGH-ANGLE GUN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("high-angle gun" is a kind of...):

cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high-angle gun"):

howitzer; mortar; trench mortar (a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range)