shot tower

noun

a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.

Origin of shot tower

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby shot tower

shot-silk retina, shott, shotten, shotting, shot to hell, shot tower, shottsuru, shot up, Shotwell, should, shoulder

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Example sentences from the Web for shot tower

Did you ever lie on your back in the bottom of a shot-tower when they were raining lead?
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
Be very careful to pronounce double consonants really double, as in English words 'shot-tower,' 'meanness,' 'cockcrow.'
Myths & Legends of Japan|F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
Why is the French cook at the Union Club like a man sitting on the top of a shot-tower?
How to Solve Conundrums|Anonymous
That's just this side of where you see the shot-tower, and runs thence four or five blocks to the right.
Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite|A.L. Bancroft

Just at this moment, something burst, and I found myself going up at the rate of two steeples and a shot-tower a second.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1|Robert H. Newell

British Dictionary definitions for shot tower

shot tower

noun

a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot

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

单词	shot tower
释义	shot tower noun a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom. Origin of shot tower First recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby shot tower shot-silk retina, shott, shotten, shotting, shot to hell, shot tower, shottsuru, shot up, Shotwell, should, shoulder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shot tower Did you ever lie on your back in the bottom of a shot-tower when they were raining lead? The World on Wheels and Other Sketches\|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor Be very careful to pronounce double consonants really double, as in English words 'shot-tower,' 'meanness,' 'cockcrow.' Myths & Legends of Japan\|F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis Why is the French cook at the Union Club like a man sitting on the top of a shot-tower? How to Solve Conundrums\|Anonymous That's just this side of where you see the shot-tower, and runs thence four or five blocks to the right. Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite\|A.L. Bancroft Just at this moment, something burst, and I found myself going up at the rate of two steeples and a shot-tower a second. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1\|Robert H. Newell British Dictionary definitions for shot tower shot tower noun a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot 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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