grapeshot
pronunciation
How to pronounce grapeshot in British English:
UK [ˈgreɪpʃɒt]
How to pronounce grapeshot in American English:
US [ˈgreɪpʃɑt]
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- Noun:
- a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
Word Origin
- grapeshot (n.)
- also grape-shot, 1747, from grape + shot (n.). So called for its appearance. Originally simply grape (1680s), a collective singular. The whiff of grapeshot was popularized in English from 1837, from Carlyle's history of the French Revolution (in which it was a chapter title).
Example
- 1. A whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream .