double-shot

verb

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.”

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Meanings

verbdouble-shot (third-person singular simple present double-shots, present participle double-shotting, simple past and past participle double-shotted)

present singular third person double-shots · participle present double-shotting · participle past double-shotted · past double-shotted

  1. transitivegovernmentTo 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.

    1 more example

    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
adjectivedouble-shot (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMade 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.

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APA

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MLA

“double-shot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-shot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-shot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-shot.

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