round shot

Noun

Meaning

a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cannonball cannon ball bolt buckshot slug shot ball bomb shell ammunition bullet bombardment projectile tracer pellet
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Hypernyms

missile projectile

Examples

In informal usage, the length was combined with the weight of shot, yielding terms like "long 9s", referring to full length cannons firing a 9-pound round shot. Source: Internet

Pirch I Corps then proceeded to support Bülow and together they regained possession of Plancenoit, and once more the Charleroi road was swept by Prussian round shot. Source: Internet

He then ordered a full double-loaded broadside fired of grape and round shot which took out Guerriere s mizzenmast. Source: Internet

Field, 2011, p. 33. They could fire a convert round shot or shell up to a range of convert at an elevation of +15°. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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