browning shot

noun

A haphazard shot at a group of vessels.

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Meanings

nounbrowning shot (plural browning shots)

plural browning shots

  1. governmentA haphazard shot at a group of vessels.

    […] the U-boat would ordinarily be able to have only a "browning shot" (a random shot in the hope of hitting one ship in the convoy), which might or might not hit.

    2014, Arthur J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, volume IV, page 132

Origin

See brown (“mass of birds or animals in hunting”).

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browning shot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browning%20shot

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“browning shot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browning%20shot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “browning shot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browning%20shot.

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