Usually means: Clustered projectiles for cannon discharge.
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  1. grapeshot: Merriam-Webster
  2. grapeshot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grapeshot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. grapeshot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. grapeshot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Grapeshot, grapeshot: Wordnik
  7. grapeshot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. grapeshot: Wiktionary
  9. grapeshot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. grapeshot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. grapeshot: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Grapeshot, grapeshot: Dictionary.com
  13. Grapeshot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Grapeshot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. grapeshot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. grapeshot: Rhymezone
  17. Grapeshot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. grapeshot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. grapeshot: FreeDictionary.org
  20. grapeshot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. grapeshot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grapeshot)

▸ noun:  (historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.

Similar:
grape, shot, shot-gun, shotgun, birdshot, gunstone, cartouche, trundle shot, lead shot, powder-bag, more...

Opposite:
canister shot, single shot, solid shot

Types:
birdshot, buckshot, pellet, more...

Phrases:
Operation Grapeshot order of battle, more...

Adjectives:
hard, british, deadly, wild, murderous, large, verbal, american, more, scattered, several

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Similar:
grape, shot, shot-gun, shotgun, birdshot, gunstone, cartouche, trundle shot, lead shot, powder-bag, more...

Opposite:
canister shot, single shot, solid shot

Types:
birdshot, buckshot, pellet, more...

Phrases:
Operation Grapeshot order of battle, more...

Adjectives:
hard, british, deadly, wild, murderous, large, verbal, american, more, scattered, several



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