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Definition of Buckshot
1. Noun. Small lead shot for shotgun shells.
Generic synonyms: Pellet, Shot
Group relationships: Shotgun Shell
Definition of Buckshot
1. n. A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Definition of Buckshot
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) lead shot used in shotgun cartridges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buckshot
1. a large lead shot [n BUCKSHOT]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buckshot
Literary usage of Buckshot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McLure (1905)
"THE buckshot WAR. A Disgraceful Chapter in the Annals of ... THE " buckshot War"
is now at times referred to by those interested in the history of ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1879)
"ON "buckshot" IKON. BY FP DEWEY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. (Head at Amenia Meeting, October,
1877.) AT the Wilkes-Barre Meeting of the Institute, Dr. J. Lawrence ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"buckshot. The buckshot is a well-known commercial variety, having been on the
market in this country.for a number of years. So far as known, it is the only ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"buckshot. No. 22322, obtained from Haage & Schmidt, is indistinguishable from
the buckshot variety, SPI No. 17251. It was received as " Early Black from ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1888)
"... Revolver, and buckshot Wounds which eamt under my notice during the Riots of
1886. ... buckshot wound at back of ..."
6. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878 by Robert W. Coakley (1996)
"An Election Riot, Mormons, and the "buckshot War" In the various city riots and
other disturbances of the 1830s, military commanders at posts near the ..."
7. The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado, with Historical by Emerson Hough (1907)
"N buckshot Roberts was one of those men who appeared on the frontier and gave
little history of their own past. He came West from Texas, but it is thought ..."
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