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countable and uncountable, plural buckshots
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. quotations examples
Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.
1879, Buffalo Bill, The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, page 58