单词	grapeshot
释义	grapeshot noun grape·​shot ˈgrāp-ˌshät  : an antipersonnel weapon consisting of a cluster of small iron balls shot from a cannon Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Wallis fired his guns at a promontory overlooking Matavai Bay, raining shrapnel and grapeshot on a crowd of angry onlookers. Hampton Sides, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021 He was wounded at the Battle of Savannah in 1779, hit by grapeshot in a charge, and perished. Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2020 But while Laurens’ troops set up their howitzer artillery, a large-caliber cannon with a short barrel built to fire clusters of grapeshot, the British spotted them, according to a SCBPT statement. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020 This hint to elevate the breeches of their guns was acted on and a volley of grapeshot fired into Captain Taylor’s boat, defeated his bold plan of capture, and wounded him for life. Nancy Stearns Theiss, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2017 Early in the war, his left arm was shattered by grapeshot and amputated, but that didn't stop him, as Sears relates. Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017 Word History First Known Use 1745, in the meaning defined above
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