hwachaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Korean 화차(火車) (hwacha).

名詞

hwacha (複数形 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.