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grapeshot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.

Meanings

1. (historical, uncountable, usually) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.

Forms

Coordinates

chain shot · canister shot

Hypernyms

shot

Translations (31)

sh картеч (type of shot) · tr misket (type of shot) · mk картеч (type of shot) · sv druvhagel (type of shot) · be карце́ч (type of shot) · ota صالقم (type of shot) · ja 葡萄弾 (type of shot) · vi đạn chùm (type of shot) · ru карте́чь (type of shot) · de Kartätsche (type of shot) · zza kerawanki (type of shot) · sh karteč (type of shot) · ko 포도탄 (type of shot) · pl kartacz (type of shot) · de Traubenkartätsche (type of shot) · he קֶלַע אֶשְׁכּוֹל (type of shot) · fr mitraille (type of shot) · hu kartács (type of shot) · cs kartáč (type of shot) · es metralla (type of shot) · bg карте́ч (type of shot) · ca metralla (type of shot) · uk карте́ч (type of shot) · tl metralya (type of shot) · sk kartáč (type of shot) · it mitraglia (type of shot) · zza tahnebi (type of shot) · et kartetš (type of shot) · cmn 葡萄彈 /葡萄弹 (type of shot) · fi kartessi (type of shot) · pt metralha (type of shot)