flechette

See also: fléchette

English

World War I air dropped flechettes

Alternative forms

• fléchette

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fléchette (“small arrow”), diminutive of flèche (“arrow”).

Noun

flechette (plural flechettes)

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

Translations

small sharp antipersonnel projectile

• Italian: freccetta f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

lawn darts — see lawn darts