slung-shot U.S.
[f. slung, pa. pple. of sling v.2]
A shot, piece of metal, stone, etc., fastened to a strap or thong, and used as a weapon (cf. quot. 1848).
| 1848 Bartlett Dict. Amer., Slung-shot, an offensive weapon formed of two leaden or iron bullets fastened together by a piece of rope five or six inches long. 1858 O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. (1883) 27 A slung-shot could not have brought her down better. 1883 A. K. Green (Mrs. Rohlfs) Hand & Ring i, The man..having evidently been hit on the head by a slung-shot. |