shotblast

English

Etymology

From shot +‎ blast

Verb

shotblast (third-person singular simple present shotblasts, present participle shotblasting, simple past and past participle shotblasted)

1. To blast steel shot on or at something, to remove coats of paint, dirt etc.
   • 2023 February 22, “Network News: Bridge improvement at Reading”, in RAIL, number 977, page 8:

     Network Rail spokesman Chris Denham said: " We're going to shotblast the steel back to bare metal, treat corrosion, and give it a coat of green paint.

Related terms

• shot blasting

References

• “shotblast”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.