buckshot

[buhk-shot]

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noun

a large size of lead shot used in shotgun shells for hunting game, as pheasants or ducks.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see buck¹, shot¹

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buckshot (ˈbʌkˌʃɒt)

—n
	lead shot of large size used in shotgun shells, esp for hunting game

[C15 (original sense: the distance at which a buck can be shot)]

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buckshot

coarse kind of shot used for deer and other large game, 1776, from buck (n.) + shot.

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