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Meanings of round shot in English

Catalan
bala de canó
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A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon.

bala de canó
Usage of round shot in English
1
Still the battle raged, and round shot continued tearing along our decks.
The Boy who sailed with Blake
2
We don't carry a single round shot aboard, nor haven't for years.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
3
We knows the perry-ferry of the circumference of a round shot.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1
4
A round shot struck the grab within a few feet of the wheel.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
5
It was the wind of a big round shot that knocked me down.
The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis
6
A round shot from us at the same moment appeared to strike it.
In the Track of the Troops
7
And the Yankees are still pepperin' the place with round shot.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
8
Would we had tried round shot and brought down her mast.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
9
Faith, I thought a round shot had taken my head off.
The Three Lieutenants
10
The fort, meantime, fired showers of grape, canister, and round shot.
The Three Lieutenants
11
He laughed as a round shot knocked a knapsack off a man's back.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
12
The ball had round shot inside it, like small musket balls.
The black prism
13
A round shot strikes the ground in our front... rises... falls... rises-goesover.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
14
Bullets hit the rocks with stinging blows, and round shot screamed in the air.
Aladdin O'Brien
15
He set his match to the touch hole, and the round shot flew forth.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
16
Bealey, who was cut in two by a round shot.
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazi...
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