Associations to the word «Grapeshot»
Noun
Wiktionary
GRAPESHOT, noun. (historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
Dictionary definition
GRAPESHOT, noun. A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.