What is "powder and shot"

Usage examples of "powder and shot".

If the Frenchman had no objection to a prodigious waste of powder and shot he might as well open fire at this range, at extreme cannon-shot, in the hope of inflicting enough damage on Hotspur's rigging to slow her down.

Sir Giorgio opined that it was not a bad profit for a few pounds of powder and shot expended and a little time lost.

As he had promised the governor, half of those fine guns went to the Castle of the Moor, which guards the harbor of Habana, along with all of the powder and shot for them.

Plenty of powder and shot for the swivels and musketoons, and we can make some smoke with false-fires.

Tomorrow they could finish, and if Ordnance responded to the prodding of the Admiral, they could get the powder and shot on board as well.

We had the arms and powder and shot at hand and ready to use because of the roughness of the times.

Great gusts filled the schooner's sails, speeding her along, and the cannoneers readied their weapons, preparing powder and shot.

This was the first time that I entertained a thought of breeding up some tame creatures, that I might have food when my powder and shot were all spent.