shot garland
English
Alternative forms
- shot-garland
Noun
shot garland (plural shot garlands)
- (nautical) A wooden or rope frame for holding shot, attached to the coamings or ledges of the deck of a ship.
- 2002, Julian Stockwin, Kydd: A Naval Adventure, →ISBN, page 214:
- Kydd went to the shot garland around the main hatch and rolled a ball on to the cradle.
- 2002, John R. Bratten, The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain, →ISBN, page 121:
- One 12 -pound shot was found resting in the shot garland in the bow and the other under the forward deck.
- 2013, William Golding, To the Ends of the Earth, →ISBN:
- A disaffected sailor is able to lift a cannon ball out of a shot garland and allow it to decide for itself what damage it will do.
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