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fléchette

American  
[fley-shet] / fleɪˈʃɛt /

noun

plural

fléchettes

  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.

fléchette British  
/ fleɪˈʃɛt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fléchette

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

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