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You
Got It!
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A sabot
on display with a cannonball in place at the Casemate Museum, Fort
Monroe, Virginia
Civil War-era cannon |
A cannonball
just fits!
A sabot was used to ensure that a fuse faced outward when the shell was
loaded into the gun. They were also used used to buffer 'hotshot' to prevent
an accidental or premature firing of the cannon. 'Hot shot' was the term
for a solid cannonball heated red hot and used set wooden ships on fire.
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