buckshot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   large lead or steel pellets loaded into a shotgun cartridge for hunting medium or large game

   The hunter loaded the shotgun with buckshot before entering the dense brush.

2. 2
   noun

   a charge or quantity of such pellets

   Several pieces of buckshot struck the wooden fence.

A compound of buck, 'male deer,' + shot. The pellets are larger than birdshot because they were designed for hunting larger game such as deer.

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