Round-shot - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈraʊnd ʃɑːt|
Brit.  |ˈraʊnd ʃɒt|

noun

- (military, artillery) A solid usually iron spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
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

Extra examples

We kept playing the enemy with round-shot.

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