browning shot

English

Etymology

See brown (“mass of birds or animals in hunting”).

Noun

browning shot (plural browning shots)

  1. (naval) A haphazard shot at a group of vessels.
    • 2014, Arthur J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, volume IV, page 132:
      […] the U-boat would ordinarily be able to have only a "browning shot" (a random shot in the hope of hitting one ship in the convoy), which might or might not hit.
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