Search Result for "case_shot":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm;
[syn: case shot, canister, canister shot]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Case shot \Case" shot`\ (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

case shot n 1: a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm [syn: case shot, canister, canister shot]