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

Singularly unemotional, he stood steady at Tell el-Kebir after Arabi Pasha and all his officers, from general to subaltern, had fled, and gave way only when decimated by the British field artillery firing case shot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

One of the earliest kinds of scatter projectiles was case shot, or canister, used at Constantinople in 1453.

From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Manucy, Albert