Noun:

स्प्लिंटर्स,

grapeshot's Usage Examples:

from within ended when Napoleon Bonaparte"s garrison used cannon to fire grapeshot into the attacking mob (which led to the establishment of the Directory).

leading a cavalry charge against British forces, he was fatally wounded by grapeshot and died shortly after.

A last firework of paint dabbed just a few decades before the real blasts of Napoleonic grapeshot were heard.

Its performance and versatility (it was able to fire either ball, shell, canister or grapeshot) allowed it to replace all the previous field guns, especially.

They could also be used to fire grapeshot.

and it was found to be 400–500 m with a dart and 350–400 m with iron grapeshot.

meant that the shot weighed the same as the roundshot, while some other canister and grapeshot were also included which weighed one and a half times.

Fustas covered the retreat with grapeshots which fell among both Sitawaka men and Lascarins who were fighting in.

Disciplined volley fire and flanking cavalry action combined with withering grapeshot delivered from a 6 pounder cannon drove the rebels to within graveyard walls at the summit.

The said cannons fired grapeshots to the Ottoman cavalry, inflicting seriously crippling losses to the attackers.

were not particularly more useful than a cannon firing canister shot or grapeshot.

He speculated that no army could withstand the grapeshot from 400 "pieces of heavy artillery".

volley guns were not particularly more useful than a cannon firing canister shot or grapeshot.

Synonyms:

grape, shot, pellet,

Antonyms:

colorless,