1) Artillery ammunition 2) Cannon balls 3) Cannon pellets 4) Fruit stolen as ammunition 5) Pellet 6) Shot 7) Small cannon balls
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Small balls of lead fired from a cannon, analogous to shotgun shot but on a larger scale. Similar to canister shot but with larger individual shot. Used to injure personnel and damage rigging more than to cause structural damage.
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Small balls of lead fired from a cannon, analogous to shotgun shot but on a larger scale. Similar to canister shot but with larger individual shot. Used to injure personnel and damage rigging more than to cause structural damage.
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In artillery, a grapeshot is a type of shot that is not one solid element, but a mass of small metal balls or slugs packed tightly into a canvas bag. It was used both in land and naval warfare. When assembled, the balls resembled a cluster of grapes, hence the name. On firing, the balls spread out from the muzzle, giving an effect similar to a gia...
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• (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
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cannon charge consisting of small round balls, usually of lead or iron, and used primarily as an antipersonnel weapon. Typically, the small iron ... [2 related articles]
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Close range artillery ammunition
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Grape'shot` noun (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
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Another close-range artillery shot made of a bag filled with large metal balls.
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Grapeshot was a former spherical iron shot, rather less than half the diameter of the bore of the piece for which it was intended, and put up in stands consisting of three tiers of three shot each; the stand had a circular cast-iron plate at the top and the bottom, connected by a nut and bolt. Grapeshot was formerly employed for blunderbusses and s...
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Small balls of lead fired from a cannon, similar to shotgun shot on a larger scale. Used to hurt people, rather than cause structural damage.
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n] - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
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noun a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
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