Grapeshot Definition

grāpshŏt
noun
A cluster of small iron balls, formerly fired from a cannon.
Webster's New World
Such balls or projectiles considered as a group.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Grapeshot

Noun

Singular:
grapeshot
Plural:
grapeshots

Origin of Grapeshot

  • From its resemblance to a cluster of grapes

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • grape +‎ shot

    From Wiktionary

Grapeshot Sentence Examples

  • The effect of artillery cannot be increased by putting squibs into cannon already loaded with grapeshot.

  • Will they get there and fire the bridge or will the French get within grapeshot range and wipe them out?

  • The French had time to fire three rounds of grapeshot before the hussars got back to their horses.

  • Twice they noticed the French appearing below them, and then they fired grapeshot at them.

  • General Campan's division did not seize the first fortification but was driven back, for on emerging from the wood it had to reform under grapeshot, of which Napoleon was unaware.

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