Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A projectile so constructed as to expand on leaving the gun into the form of a cross with one quarter of the ball at each of its radial points, formerly used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging or doing general execution.
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Examples
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The assault of the savages might have been more fatal, but happily a gun from the ships carried a crossbar-shot among the boughs of a tree above them, and, shaking them down upon their heads, produced great consternation.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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