double-shot
double-shot verb: to load (a cannon) with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range.
Verb
double-shot (third-person singular simple present double-shots, present participle double-shotting, simple past and past participle double-shotted)
- To load (a cannon) with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range.
- The Indomitable raked the frigate’s stern with double-shotted guns.
- The boarding-nettings were up, the guns double-shotted with grape and canister, and the swivels loaded with canisters of musket-balls.1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter XX, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 165–166
Adjective
double-shot (not comparable)
- Made by molding a second layer of plastic around a plastic or metal base.
- This keyboard has double-shot keycaps, to prevent the symbols from wearing off.
Forms of double-shot
| third-person singular present | double-shots |
|---|---|
| present participle | double-shotting |
| past participle | double-shotted |
| past | double-shotted |
Questions about double-shot
- What does double-shot mean?
- Double-shot means to load (a cannon) with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range.
- What part of speech is double-shot?
- Double-shot can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of double-shot?
- The past tense of double-shot is double-shotted.
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