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chain-shot

chain-shot is the alternative form of chain shot.

Meaning of chain shot

Noun

chain shot (countable and uncountable, plural chain shots)

  1. (historical) A projectile consisting of two cannon balls or half balls linked by a chain, fired from cannons mostly to attack spars and rigging.
    Synonyms:
    angel shot

Forms of chain-shot

pluralchain-shots

Questions about chain-shot

What is chain-shot the alternative form of?
Chain-shot is the alternative form of chain shot.

Words near chain-shot in the dictionary

  1. chain-mail
  2. chain-melted
  3. chain-melted state
  4. chain-of-responsibility pattern
  5. chain-of-responsibility patterns
  6. chain-shot
  7. chain-shots
  8. chain-smoke
  9. chain-smoked
  10. chain-smoker
  11. chain-smokers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chain-shot (page history and authors); chain shot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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