flechette

See also: fléchette

English

World War I air-dropped flechettes

Alternative forms

• fléchette

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleɪˈʃɛt/

Noun

flechette (countable and uncountable, plural flechettes)

1. A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
2. (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

Translations

small sharp antipersonnel projectile

• Finnish: nuoliammus
• Italian: freccetta f
• Turkish: fleşet

lawn darts — see lawn darts