mortar-piece

That fire-drake did I hit three times on the head, and three times was his nose discharged against me: he stands there, like a mortar-piece, to blow us.

Act V. Scene IV. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth 1914

He was always a good shot with a falconet or a mortar-piece.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Near to the embrasure by Morgan's mortar-piece he made a sudden halt.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

This mortar-piece was like some mighty dragon of old, causing great terror in the minds of the soldiers, who knew not how to escape, but were in continual fear and watchfulness, dreading the assaults of this terrible monster.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

The mortar-piece, too, which, if it had been well managed, was sufficient to have laid the fortress in ruins, was an object of daily terror and annoyance.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

On the Saturday afternoon they played their mortar-piece five times; and in the night twice with stones, and once with a grenado, which by the turning of the gunner fell short of the house.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

They had now mounted the whole of their artillery, including their great mortar-piece, at that period looked upon as a most destructive engine, casting stones thirteen inches in diameter and eighty pounds weight; likewise grenadoes -- hollow balls of iron, filled with powder, and lighted by a fusee.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

There is a fellow somewhat near the door, he should be a brazier by his face, for, o 'my conscience, twenty of the dog-days now reign in's nose; all that stand about him are under the line, they need no other penance: that fire-drake did I hit three times on the head, and three times was his nose discharged against me; he stands there, like a mortar-piece, to blow us.

The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth 1612