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shrapnel
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Shrapnel
(gcide) | Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen.
H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell;
shrapnel shells, collectively.
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Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon,
consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small
bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while
in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
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shrapnel
(gcide) | Case shot \Case" shot`\ (Mil.)
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or
canister.
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Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or
oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a
bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe
shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to
what in the United States is called canister.
--Wilhelm.
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shrapnel
(wn) | shrapnel
n 1: shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight |
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Shrapnel
(gcide) | Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen.
H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell;
shrapnel shells, collectively.
[1913 Webster]
Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon,
consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small
bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while
in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
[1913 Webster]Case shot \Case" shot`\ (Mil.)
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or
canister.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or
oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a
bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe
shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to
what in the United States is called canister.
--Wilhelm.
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Shrapnel shell
(gcide) | Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen.
H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell;
shrapnel shells, collectively.
[1913 Webster]
Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon,
consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small
bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while
in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
[1913 Webster] |
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