Significados de red-hot shot em inglês

Next morning the officers' quarters were set on fire by red-hot shot.

The garrison had been trying experiments with carcasses and red-hot shot.

For myself, I rather liked a fair amount of blood-letting, red-hot shot, and flying splinters.

That was red-hot shot, and they deserved it.

The ruthless governor kept his word, bombarding the town with red-hot shot, and soon it was in flames.

Most ably were the guns of the latter served, many of them firing red-hot shot as well as round-shot.

This combustible was concealed with great care in the captured ships; like the red-hot shot, it had been found useless in battle.

Our greatest loss was the total destruction of the Seamew, blown up by a red-hot shot, which fell in her powder magazine.

Through thirty port-holes as many thirty-two pounders are intended to fire red-hot shot, which can be heated with great safety and convenience.

The red-hot shot is then run into the gun, and rammed against the wet wad; and the gun fired in the usual way.

The carcasses several times set fire to the enemy's works, but the use of the red-hot shot was reserved for a pressing emergency.

Early in 1814 he conceived the idea of constructing a steam-vessel of war, which should carry a strong battery with furnaces for red-hot shot.

Red-hot shot were invented in 1579 by Stephen Batory, king of Poland.

Red-hot shot were fired from it, and before long they blew up a Russian magazine.

Red-hot shot are fired by putting a wet wad in over the dry wad, next to the powder.