There are several types and uses of Iron shot
- Small round iron balls used as projectiles.
- Used as a simple weight.
- Large ball, 7.26 kg (16 lb) for men and 4 kg (8.8 lb) for women, used in the sporting event shot put.
Famous quotes containing the words iron and/or shot:
“Summer involves going down as a steep flight of steps
To a narrow ledge over the water. Is this it, then,
This iron comfort, these reasonable taboos,
Or did you mean it when you stopped? And the face
Resembles yours, the one reflected in the water.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“My God, they’ve shot him!”
—Ring Lardner, Jr. (1885–1933)