Definitions for grapeshot

grapeshot grape·shot

Spelling: [greyp-shot]
IPA: /ˈgreɪpˌʃɒt/

Grapeshot is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 882 anagrams from letters in grapeshot (aeghoprst).

Definitions for grapeshot

noun

  1. a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.

Origin of grapeshot

First recorded in 1740-50; grape + shot1

Examples for grapeshot

At Bethesda Church, May 30, 1864, he was wounded in the knee by a grapeshot.

That kind of grapeshot which is secured in tiers by parallel iron discs.

The statue of Lille was beheaded, that of Strasbourg pitted by the grapeshot.

I beg your acceptance of an inkstand, made with a Russian grapeshot.

Beside the cannon were stacked canisters of grapeshot and flannel bags of powder.

He had been so sure that storm of grapeshot from the Victory would finish off the Indians.

Then they would haul off and pour round after round of grapeshot into her.

Three men were hit by the grapeshot, but beyond this there were no casualties.

Then the Green House struck the door like a salvo of grapeshot.

War-god Broglie is at work, but grapeshot is good on one condition!

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