Definition of Grapishot
Grape"shot` (?), n. (Mil.)
A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put
together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom,
with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as
a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas
bags.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to
the demands of American Socialism.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
(definition from Webster's 1913 Dictionary)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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