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noun Case shot n. (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister.
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