gomer

noun

1. A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.

   [Table] of dimensions of howitzers, stone and Gomer mortars, vol. 1. p. 250.

Where it comes from

After Louis-Gabriel de Gomer, the French artillery officer who invented the design. Attested in English since the early nineteenth century.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gomer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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