a large size of shot, used for shooting swans; also used in angling as a weight.

a particular size of shot used for shooting wild geese.

A coarse kind of shot, larger than swan-shot, used in shooting deer or other large game. Also attributive, as in buckshot-cartridge; buckshot-cinder…

U.S. With singular agreement: very fine shot used for shooting birds while causing little injury to the plumage.

(a) the knob on a swan's bill; in quot. 1821 transferred; (b) = swan-shot n.

elliptical. = buck-shot, n. 2. U.S.

= swan-shot n.

plural. A kind of large buck-shot.