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hwacha

hwacha

English

A hwacha model at the Seoul War Memorial.

Noun

hwacha (plural hwachas)

  1. a fire cart, a mid-16th century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder
    • 2010, Myung Oak Kim, Sam Jaffe, The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise, page 149
      After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.
    • 2004, George M. Siouris, Missile guidance and control systems, Springer, page 1
      This improvement allowed as many as one hundred sinkijons to be mounted on the hwacha, boosting the overall firepower and mobility of the rocket.