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Grapeshot

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. historical, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot wordnet

Etymology

From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.

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