canister shot

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canister shot (uncountable)

  2. Antipersonnel ammunition consisting of a cylindrical canister filled with round lead or iron balls.
    Hypernyms: shell; bomb (in an obsolete sense)
    Coordinate terms: shrapnel; cartridge
  4. The balls in this canister.
    Hypernym: shot
    Coordinate terms: shrapnel; chain shot, grapeshot

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