bar shot en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A double-headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.
Bar shot and chain shot were primarily used during sea battles to destroy the sails and rigging of enemy vessels. The first mention of bar shot was by the Dutch in 1819.
1987 January 1, Robert F. Marx, Shipwrecks in the Americas, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 104:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bar shot | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
fr boulet ramé (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · uk кніпель (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · nl schietbout (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · sv kedjelod (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · nl boutkogel (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · fi tankokuula (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · es palanqueta (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · de Stangenkugel (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · pt palanqueta (double-headed shot connected by a bar) · ru книппель (double-headed shot connected by a bar)