Grapeshot GRA'PESHOT, n. A cluster of small shot, confined in a canvas bag, forming a kind of cylinder, whose diameter is equal to that of the ball adapted to the cannon.

grapeshot n 1: a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot [syn: grapeshot, grape]

grapeshot noun Date: 1745 an antipersonnel weapon consisting of a cluster of small iron balls shot from a cannon

grapeshot
n. hist. small balls used as charge in a cannon and scattering when fired.

grapeshot n. hist. small balls used as charge in a cannon and scattering when fired.

Grapeshot \Grape"shot`\, n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "grapeshot": ball, bar shot, bird shot, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, crossbar shot, duck shot, dumdum bullet, expanding bullet, grape, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, pellet, rifle ball, round shot, shell, shot, shrapnel, slug, split shot

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