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Definition of round shot in English: round shotnoun mass nounhistorical Ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon. most of the roof had been removed by round shot count noun the crash of a round shot Example sentencesExamples - Stacking round shot on deck would also create danger whenever the ship encountered rough seas.
- On 23 October 1854, he recorded the number of guns, ammunition requirements, and a shortage of round shot, a report which the Russian embassy telegraphed to St Petersburg the day it appeared.
- At Zhoushan the naval commander, in his barrage covering the landing, used round shot instead of grape or canister, in order to minimize Chinese casualties.
- Cannon were the most difficult component to produce in the colonies, but the United States produced simple iron smoothbore tubes and round shot as early as 1777.
- If you read back in the history, you find that they fired all kinds of things out of the cannons: not only round shot, but also chain shot, bar shot, grape shot.
Definition of round shot in US English: round shotnoun historical Ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon. most of the roof had been removed by round shot count noun the crash of a round shot Example sentencesExamples - If you read back in the history, you find that they fired all kinds of things out of the cannons: not only round shot, but also chain shot, bar shot, grape shot.
- Cannon were the most difficult component to produce in the colonies, but the United States produced simple iron smoothbore tubes and round shot as early as 1777.
- At Zhoushan the naval commander, in his barrage covering the landing, used round shot instead of grape or canister, in order to minimize Chinese casualties.
- Stacking round shot on deck would also create danger whenever the ship encountered rough seas.
- On 23 October 1854, he recorded the number of guns, ammunition requirements, and a shortage of round shot, a report which the Russian embassy telegraphed to St Petersburg the day it appeared.
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