hwacha

plural hwachas

1. historicalA mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.

   After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.

   2010, Myung Oak Kim, Sam Jaffe, The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise, page 149

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   This improvement allowed as many as one hundred sinkijons to be mounted on the hwacha, boosting the overall firepower and mobility of the rocket.

   2004, George M. Siouris, Missile guidance and control systems, Springer, page 1

   Synonyms: fire cart