Ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon.
〈史〉（大炮的）球形弹
most of the roof had been removed by round shot
count nounthe crash of a round shot
Example sentencesExamples
Stacking round shot on deck would also create danger whenever the ship encountered rough seas.
On 23 October 1854, he recorded the number of guns, ammunition requirements, and a shortage of round shot, a report which the Russian embassy telegraphed to St Petersburg the day it appeared.
At Zhoushan the naval commander, in his barrage covering the landing, used round shot instead of grape or canister, in order to minimize Chinese casualties.
Cannon were the most difficult component to produce in the colonies, but the United States produced simple iron smoothbore tubes and round shot as early as 1777.
If you read back in the history, you find that they fired all kinds of things out of the cannons: not only round shot, but also chain shot, bar shot, grape shot.
Definition of round shot in US English:
round shot
noun
historical
Ammunition in the form of cast-iron or steel spherical balls for firing from cannon.
〈史〉（大炮的）球形弹
most of the roof had been removed by round shot
count nounthe crash of a round shot
Example sentencesExamples
If you read back in the history, you find that they fired all kinds of things out of the cannons: not only round shot, but also chain shot, bar shot, grape shot.
Cannon were the most difficult component to produce in the colonies, but the United States produced simple iron smoothbore tubes and round shot as early as 1777.
At Zhoushan the naval commander, in his barrage covering the landing, used round shot instead of grape or canister, in order to minimize Chinese casualties.
Stacking round shot on deck would also create danger whenever the ship encountered rough seas.
On 23 October 1854, he recorded the number of guns, ammunition requirements, and a shortage of round shot, a report which the Russian embassy telegraphed to St Petersburg the day it appeared.