shot tower

American  

noun

1. a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.

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shot tower British  

noun

1. a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot

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Etymology

Origin of shot tower

First recorded in 1810–20

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Example Sentences

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shot tower

The O’Rapley informed him that it was a shot tower where they made shot.

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Richard Harris

She made for the South East, unconsciously guided by the hieratic shot tower of Westminster.

From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

At the time he was engaged at the shot tower business.

From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker

The shot tower bowed low and solemnly but did not fall.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

And he looks like he had been dropped from a shot tower!

From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott

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