shot : Idioms & Phrases
Index
call the shots
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verb exercise authority or be in charge
call the tune; wear the trousers.
- Who is calling the shots in this house?
WordNet
Shot belt
- a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot.
Webster 1913
Shot cartridge
- a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.
Webster 1913
Shot garland
(Naut.) , a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship.
Webster 1913
Shot gauge
- an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. Totten.
Webster 1913
shot hole
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noun drill hole for a charge of an explosive
WordNet
- a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.
Webster 1913
Shot locker
(Naut.) , a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot.
Webster 1913
Shot of a cable
(Naut.) , the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.
Webster 1913
Shot prop
(Naut.) , a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side.
Webster 1913
Shot tower
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noun tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water
WordNet
- a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid.
Webster 1913
Shot window
- a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
