fléchette

American  

[fley-shet] / fleɪˈʃɛt /

noun

fléchettes plural

1. Military. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.

2. a bullet with a thin, hard metal spine, designed to tumble on impact and thus cause an incapacitating wound.

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fléchette British  

/ fleɪˈʃɛt /

noun

1. a steel dart or missile dropped from an aircraft, as in World War I

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fléchettes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fléchette

From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at flèche, -ette