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round shot

The correct spelling is round shot.

How to pronounce round shot

noun

Say it like: Row-nd -sho-t

The correct spelling is round shot. (artillery) A solid usually iron spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon. For example: "Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson"

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Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson

Definition

noun

  1. 1.(artillery) A solid usually iron spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

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