Synonyms:
bird_shot, buckshot, duck_shot
Meaning: small lead shot for shotgun shells
Usage examples
These words were hardly out of the guard's mouth when the "Kid" fired a charge of buckshot into his heart.
With the gun in his hand, and looking towards the "Kid," he said: "There are eighteen buckshot in each barrel, and I reckon the man who gets them will feel it."
Assigning to my valet the shot-gun and the Smith & Wesson double-action revolver, I loaded two extra shells with buckshot, tested the locks of my Winchester and single-action Colt revolver, gave Coonskin explicit instructions, and awaited events.