hwacha

English
A hwacha model at the Seoul War Memorial.

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 화차(火車) (hwacha).

Noun

hwacha (plural hwachas)

  1. (historical) 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.

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