Grapeshot: a cannon charge consisting of round lead or iron balls tightly packed into clusters of three and held together by iron rings. To gunners, the formation reminded them of a bunch of grapes. When the cannon shot was fired, these clusters broke apart and spread across a wide target area. 

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