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单词 dust shot
释义

dust shot


noun

the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.

Origin of dust shot

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby dust shot

dustoor, dustpan, dustproof, dust ruffle, dustsheet, dust shot, dust storm, Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return, dustup, dust well, dust whirl
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Example sentences from the Web for dust shot

  • It was approached close enough to be shot with a 22 caliber pistol loaded with dust-shot.

    Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
  • In such an auxiliary barrel use 32-calibre shells loaded with dust-shot instead of bullets.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg
  • I shoot them with light charges of dust-shot, fired from my collecting gun.

    Manual of Taxidermy|Charles Johnson Maynard

British Dictionary definitions for dust shot

dust shot

noun

the smallest size of shot for a shotgun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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