flechette
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: fléchette
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French fléchette (“small arrow”), diminutive of flèche (“arrow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flechette (countable and uncountable, plural flechettes)
- A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
- (dated, uncountable) The game of lawn darts.
- 1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association.
- The Game of Flechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party
- 1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association.
Translations[edit]
small sharp antipersonnel projectile
|
lawn darts — see lawn darts