chainshot

Alternative form of chain shot.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of chain shot.
    • Various subordinate plans were also detailed by the witness; amongst others, Broughton 'told him, with an oath, that he was resolved to load .the great gun in the park with four balls or chainshots, and fire it at the...
    • The chainshot, called two-headed angels, made her think of Evonne's ship and gave her a brief tremor of emotion amid her work. - 1980, Valerie Vayle, Seaflame, →ISBN, page 314:
    • Mr. Gray was investigating boxes and boxes of fascinating weaponry—grapeshot, chainshot, minié balls, cannonballs, bayonets, landmines—when a voice intruded. - 2001, Stephen King, Dreamcatcher: A Novel, →ISBN, page 603:

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chainshots