What does "gunshot" mean?
Gunshot: The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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