shot tower

n. A tower formerly used for making shot for firearms, at the top of which molten lead was poured through a sieve and allowed to fall into a vat of water at the bottom.

shot tower

n (Military) a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot

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shot tower - tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into watertower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

shot tower

A very high structure, usually cylindrical and constructed of brick, once used in making lead shot for muskets. At the top of the tower, a molten alloy of lead was poured through a coarse metal screen, forming small lead globules that solidified; these pellets became spherical as they dropped, finally falling into a container of water at the base of the tower.

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noun tower of a kind once used to make shot

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