browning shot
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See
brown
(
“
mass of birds or animals in hunting
”
)
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Noun
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browning
shot
(
plural
browning shots
)
(
naval
)
A
haphazard
shot
at a
group
of
vessels
.
2014
, Arthur J. Marder,
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow
, volume IV, page
132
:
[
…
]
the U-boat would ordinarily be able to have only a "
browning shot
" (a random shot in the hope of hitting one ship in the convoy), which might or might not hit.
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