English Dictionary

buckshot

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]

日本語の意味

（主に米国）散弾銃の弾薬に使用される鉛製の弾。鳥猟用の小弾よりも大きな粒状の弾丸を用い、大型獲物の狩猟に適している。

Before dawn, the hunter loaded a cartridge packed with buckshot and crept into the thicket.

夜明け前、猟師は散弾銃に用いる大型の鉛製散弾が詰まった薬莢を装填して茂みへ忍び込んだ。

意味（1）

(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]

Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.

buckshots （ plural ）