grapeshot
noun
grape·shot
ˈgrāp-ˌshät 
: an antipersonnel weapon consisting of a cluster of small iron balls shot from a cannon
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An entire round of grapeshot was also uncovered, complete with a rope still fastened around it, photos show.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Among other items, the trove contained grapeshot, canister shots, ten-inch artillery shells and a sword.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Recovered artifacts include two 10-inch artillery shells, grapeshot, canister shots and a sword blade.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Wallis fired his guns at a promontory overlooking Matavai Bay, raining shrapnel and grapeshot on a crowd of angry onlookers.
—Hampton Sides, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
He was wounded at the Battle of Savannah in 1779, hit by grapeshot in a charge, and perished.
—Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2020
But while Laurens’ troops set up their howitzer artillery, a large-caliber cannon with a short barrel built to fire clusters of grapeshot, the British spotted them, according to a SCBPT statement.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
This hint to elevate the breeches of their guns was acted on and a volley of grapeshot fired into Captain Taylor’s boat, defeated his bold plan of capture, and wounded him for life.
—Nancy Stearns Theiss, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2017
Early in the war, his left arm was shattered by grapeshot and amputated, but that didn't stop him, as Sears relates.
—Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Among other items, the trove contained grapeshot, canister shots, ten-inch artillery shells and a sword.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Recovered artifacts include two 10-inch artillery shells, grapeshot, canister shots and a sword blade.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Wallis fired his guns at a promontory overlooking Matavai Bay, raining shrapnel and grapeshot on a crowd of angry onlookers.
—Hampton Sides, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
He was wounded at the Battle of Savannah in 1779, hit by grapeshot in a charge, and perished.
—Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2020
But while Laurens’ troops set up their howitzer artillery, a large-caliber cannon with a short barrel built to fire clusters of grapeshot, the British spotted them, according to a SCBPT statement.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
This hint to elevate the breeches of their guns was acted on and a volley of grapeshot fired into Captain Taylor’s boat, defeated his bold plan of capture, and wounded him for life.
—Nancy Stearns Theiss, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2017
Early in the war, his left arm was shattered by grapeshot and amputated, but that didn't stop him, as Sears relates.
—Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
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grapeshot
noun
grape·shot
ˈgrāp-ˌshät
: small iron balls formerly fired at short range from a cannon against people (as soldiers or rioters)
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