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Grapeshot Moderate

Grapeshot has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

2

A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.

See Also
grape
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shot

Origin

The word comes from combining "grape" and "shot." It was named because the bag filled with small lead balls looked like a bunch of grapes.

Rhyming Words
hot thot phot whot shot egghot hohhot upshot unshot midshot preshot hipshot subshot oneshot sunshot potshot eyeshot outshot overhot isophot
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