"shot-garland" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1953, C. S. Forester, Hornblower and the 'Atropos':",
          "text": "Half of it would be distributed fairly evenly along the ship in the shot-garlands; where he decided to stow the other ten tons would make all the difference to Atropos, could add a knot to her speed or reduce it by a knot, could make her stiff in a breeze or crank, handy or awkward under sail.",
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          "ref": "1986, Jean Boudriot, The Seventy-four Gun Ship: Fitting out the hull, page 60:",
          "text": "Note however the triangular shot-garlands for storing shot between each gun, and the two ringbolts inboard of each gun fastened to the binding-strakes.",
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          "ref": "2006, Gail Selinger, W. Thomas Smith Jr., The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "Next came the shot: once removed from the shot-garland and handed to the loader, he \"put it home\" or \"rammed it home,\" seating the shot against the wadding.",
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        "Alternative form of shot garland"
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          "ref": "1953, C. S. Forester, Hornblower and the 'Atropos':",
          "text": "Half of it would be distributed fairly evenly along the ship in the shot-garlands; where he decided to stow the other ten tons would make all the difference to Atropos, could add a knot to her speed or reduce it by a knot, could make her stiff in a breeze or crank, handy or awkward under sail.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Jean Boudriot, The Seventy-four Gun Ship: Fitting out the hull, page 60:",
          "text": "Note however the triangular shot-garlands for storing shot between each gun, and the two ringbolts inboard of each gun fastened to the binding-strakes.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2006, Gail Selinger, W. Thomas Smith Jr., The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "Next came the shot: once removed from the shot-garland and handed to the loader, he \"put it home\" or \"rammed it home,\" seating the shot against the wadding.",
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