Coehorns (2 syl.).

Small howitzers of about 4 2/3 inches calibre; so called from Baron van Coeʹhorn, of Holland.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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