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chainshot

chainshot 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 chainshot

pluralchainshots

Questions about chainshot

What is chainshot the alternative form of?
Chainshot is the alternative form of chain shot.

Words near chainshot in the dictionary

  1. chainsawing
  2. chainsawn
  3. chainsaws
  4. chainset
  5. chainsets
  6. chainshot
  7. chainshots
  8. chainsmith
  9. chainsmiths
  10. chainsmoke
  11. chainsmoked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chainshot (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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