Sentence example with the word 'grapeshot'

grapeshot

ball, bird shot, bullet, cannonball, crossbar shot, dumdum bullet, grape, manstopping bullet, rifle ball, shell, shrapnel, split shot

Definition n. a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

Last update: June 26, 2015


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Will they get there and fire the bridge or will the French get within grapeshot range and wipe them out?   [Please select]

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"Was that grapeshot."   [Please select]

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"All with grapeshot."   [Please select]

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Twice they noticed the French appearing below them, and then they fired grapeshot at them.   [Please select]

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The skipper had been killed by a grapeshot, but the mate he led the men; and if fighting could have saved us the ship would not have been captured.   [Please select]

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He refused to be taken below, but loss of blood soon made him incapable of command, and presently his first lieutenant was stunned by a grapeshot which grazed his scalp.   [Please select]

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