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Webster 1913 Edition

Grapeshot

Grape′shotˊ

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Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Grapeshot

GRA'PESHOT

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Noun.
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.

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