dust shot

noun

the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.

Words nearby dust shot

dust mite, dust mop, dust mouse, dust off, dust ruffle, dust shot, dust storm, dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return, dust well, dust whirl, dust-bath

Origin of dust shot

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Examples from the Web for dust shot

It was approached close enough to be shot with a 22 caliber pistol loaded with dust-shot.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
In such an auxiliary barrel use 32-calibre shells loaded with dust-shot instead of bullets.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg
I shoot them with light charges of dust-shot, fired from my collecting gun.
Manual of Taxidermy|Charles Johnson Maynard

British Dictionary definitions for dust shot

dust shot

noun

the smallest size of shot for a shotgun

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