HyperDic: shot_tower

English > 1 sense of the expression shot tower:
NOUNartifactshot towertower of a kind once used to make shot
English > shot tower: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningtower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water.
BroadertowerA structure taller than its diameter

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