fléchette
[ fley-shet ]
/ fleɪˈʃɛt /
noun, plural flé·chettes [fley-shets; French fley-shet] /fleɪˈʃɛts; French fleɪˈʃɛt/.
Military. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.
a bullet with a thin, hard metal spine, designed to tumble on impact and thus cause an incapacitating wound.
Nearby words
flânerie, flâneur, flèche, flèches, flèches d'amour, fléchette, flémalle, flügelhorn, fm, fm cyclotron, fm.
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British Dictionary definitions for flechette
fléchette
/ (fleɪˈʃɛt) /
noun
a steel dart or missile dropped from an aircraft, as in World War I
Word Origin for fléchette
from French; see flèche
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