round shot

English

Noun

round shot (plural round shot)

1. (military, weaponry) 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

Synonyms

• (solid spherical projectile): cannonball/cannon ball, solid shot

Coordinate terms

• grapeshot

See also

• ball
• canister
• shell
• cartridge