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Gunshot [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made by the shot of a gun; as a gunshot wound.

Gunshot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot.

Gunshot [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.

Gunshot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.

2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.