Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Small shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., put into cases, to be discharged from a cannon at short range; an emergency shot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Gun.), rare A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A mixture of
shot ,nails ,stones , pieces of oldiron , etc., fired from acannon at short range, in anemergency .
Etymologies
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Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, from French bourreler to sting, torture.
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