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hailshot

noun

Etymology

From hail + shot.

  1. inherited from *skutą✻
  2. inherited from sceot
  3. inherited from schot
  4. compounded as hailshot — “hail + shot”

Definitions

  1. Small shot that scatters like hailstones.

    • The Master of the Artillery did visit them sharply, with murthering Hail-shot from the Pieces mounted towards the Top of the Hill

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA