chainshot

English

Noun

chainshot (countable and uncountable, plural chainshots)

1. Alternative form of chain shot
   • 1876, Peter Burke, Celebrated Naval and Military Trials, page 420:

     Various subordinate plans were also detailed by the witness; amongst others, Broughton 'told him, with an oath, that he was resolved to load .the great gun in the park with four balls or chainshots, and fire it at the king's coach as he returned from the House.

   • 1980, Valerie Vayle, Seaflame, →ISBN, page 314:

     The chainshot, called two-headed angels, made her think of Evonne's ship and gave her a brief tremor of emotion amid her work.

   • 2001, Stephen King, Dreamcatcher: A Novel, →ISBN, page 603:

     Mr. Gray was investigating boxes and boxes of fascinating weaponry—grapeshot, chainshot, minié balls, cannonballs, bayonets, landmines—when a voice intruded.