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Meaning of round shot

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

round shot

noun

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

    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