English

Noun

case shot ‎(plural case shots)

1. (military, historical) A collection of small projectiles enclosed in a case or canister.

Usage notes

• In the United States, a case shot was a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and an exploding charge, with a time fuse; called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot was applied to what in the United States was called canister.