case shot

American  

noun

1. a collection of small projectiles in a case, to be fired from a cannon.

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case shot British  

noun

1. another name for canister

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Etymology

Origin of case shot

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

This is not the first time the 30-year-old rapper has seen his efforts to revive the case shot down.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

On Wednesday, the judge overseeing the case shot down the pop icon's request to remove her father Jamie as conservator.

From Fox News • Jul. 1, 2021

Rickie Fowler, a late commit to Wyndham looking to make a Ryder Cup case, shot a bogey-free three-under 67.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 18, 2016

From these pieces, and from others still farther to our right, they had been pouring a destructive fire of shell, grape and spherical case shot during the above mentioned engagement of our infantry.

From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Fuller, Charles Augustus

The projectiles are of three kinds—ordinary shells, shrapnel shells, and case shot.

From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by Burne, C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate)