flechette

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative forms 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

French fléchette (“‘small arrow’”), diminutive of flèche (“‘arrow’”).

[edit] Alternative forms

• fléchette

[edit] Noun

flechette (plural flechettes)

1. A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel or fired from a shotgun.
2. (dated) 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