They could also be used to fire grapeshot.

Like other cannons, they were muzzleloaders and could fire either shells or grapeshot (or other types of shot).

It could also fire grapeshot.

The vines that contribute this wealth of wine adorn the surrounding hillsides like ranks of well drilled soldiers awaiting orders - to fire grapeshot, perhaps?

The gunners also fired grapeshot at the second floor in an attempt to suppress the return fire.

Guns on the cutters and small craft supporting the landing fired grapeshot at the defenders on the coast.

Even if the guns fired makeshift grapeshot he was not certain that they were worth keeping.

Eyre's men fired grapeshot from a small cannon and slowly pushed the militiamen uphill.

Breech-loading swivel gun could fire either cannonballs against obstacles, or grapeshot against troops.

Rebel soldiers held most of the flat rooftops and walled compounds, and guns mounted on the bastion fired grapeshot down the lanes between the houses.