grapeshot

英 ['greɪpʃɒt]
  • n. 葡萄弹;霰弹
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grapeshot 大炮射出的葡萄弹

因弹子形如葡萄而得名。

grapeshot (n.)
also grape-shot, 1747, from grape + shot (n.). So called for its appearance. Originally simply grape (1680s), a collective singular. The whiff of grapeshot was popularized in English from 1837, from Carlyle's history of the French Revolution (in which it was a chapter title).