misshot en · NOUN
Etymology
From mis- + shot.
Meanings
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A shot that was made incorrectly; an instance of misshooting.
I always figgered one of them Newton boys made a misshot and killed the horse accidentally.
2010, J. Frank Dobie, Coronado's Children:He replied that he was, but that Burns had made a misshot.
1913, Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Oklahoma Reports - Volume 8, page 558:When I was appointed commissary sergeant, I regularly shot the cattle myself, and never made a misshot, having been trained to marksmanship in Switzerland from the age of twelve years.
2022, A. M. Gustafson, John Spring's Arizona, page 74:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misshots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |