flechette
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From French fléchette (“small arrow”), diminutive of flèche (“arrow”).
Noun [edit]
flechette (plural flechettes)
- A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
- (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
- 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
