shot garland

English

Alternative forms

• shot-garland

Noun

shot garland (plural shot garlands)

1. (nautical) A wooden or rope frame for holding shot, attached to the coamings or ledges of the deck of a ship.
   • 2002, Julian Stockwin, Kydd: A Naval Adventure, →ISBN, page 214:

     Kydd went to the shot garland around the main hatch and rolled a ball on to the cradle.

   • 2002, John R. Bratten, The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain, →ISBN, page 121:

     One 12 -pound shot was found resting in the shot garland in the bow and the other under the forward deck.

   • 2013, William Golding, To the Ends of the Earth, →ISBN:

     A disaffected sailor is able to lift a cannon ball out of a shot garland and allow it to decide for itself what damage it will do.