launcher definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket [syn: launcher, rocket launcher]
2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn: catapult, launcher]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1911 one that launches: as a. a device for firing grenades b. a device for launching a missile c. launch vehicle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a structure or device to hold a rocket during launching.