shot garland

plural shot garlands · alternative shot-garland

1. nauticalA wooden or rope frame for holding shot, attached to the coamings or ledges of the deck of a ship.

   Kydd went to the shot garland around the main hatch and rolled a ball on to the cradle.

   2002, Julian Stockwin, Kydd: A Naval Adventure, →ISBN, page 214

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   One 12 -pound shot was found resting in the shot garland in the bow and the other under the forward deck.

   2002, John R. Bratten, The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain, →ISBN, page 121

   A disaffected sailor is able to lift a cannon ball out of a shot garland and allow it to decide for itself what damage it will do.

   2013, William Golding, To the Ends of the Earth, →ISBN