lead shot (used in shotgun shells)
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Buckshot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
buckshot
\buck"shot`\ (&?;), n. a coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Noun
1. small lead shot for shotgun shells
(synonym) bird shot, duck shot
(hypernym) shot, pellet
(part-holonym) shotgun shell
