Noun:

ছর্রা,

grapeshot's Usage Examples:

to 1, but they held their perimeter all the same, the cannons firing grapeshot into the massed royalist forces.

In artillery, a grapeshot is an ammunition that consists of a collection of smaller-caliber round shots packed in tight geometric arrangements into a.

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).

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

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

They could also be used to fire grapeshot.

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

Round shot and grapeshot were the early projectiles used in cannon.

with too much gunpowder, but as cannons got stronger, grapeshot was replaced by canister.

A grapeshot round (or "stand") used in a 12-pounder Napoleon contained.

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

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

After the "whiff of grapeshot" in the crisis of 13 Vendémiaire, in October 1795, they ceased to be a.

Synonyms:

grape; shot; pellet;

Antonyms:

colorless;