noun
- large lead pellets used in shotgun shells for hunting large game
Usage: hunting; firearms
Examples
- The hunter loaded his shotgun with buckshot for the deer hunt.
- Buckshot is larger than birdshot and causes more damage.
- The police found buckshot embedded in the tree trunk.
- He preferred buckshot over slugs for close-range hunting.
- The shotgun shell contained nine pellets of buckshot.
- Buckshot spreads in a wider pattern than rifle bullets.