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case shot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun case shot has 1 sense
- case shot(n = noun.artifact) canister, canister shot - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm; Array is a kind of ammo, ammunition
has parts: pellet, shot
CIDE DICTIONARY
case shot,
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. [1913 Webster]
" In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel . In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister." Wilhelm.
[1913 Webster]
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