double-shot

verb, adj — 2 senses

double-shot

verb

1

Government, Military, Politics, War To load (a cannon) with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range.

The Indomitable raked the frigate’s stern with double-shotted guns.
The boarding-nettings were up, the guns double-shotted with grape and canister, and the swivels loaded with canisters of musket-balls.1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter XX, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 165–166:

double-shot

adj

1

Made by molding a second layer of plastic around a plastic or metal base.

This keyboard has double-shot keycaps, to prevent the symbols from wearing off.

Coordinate terms: dye-sub

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