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fléchette
[ fley-shet ]
noun
, plural flé·chettes [fley-, shets, fley-, shet].
- 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.
fléchette
/ fleɪˈʃɛt /
noun
- a steel dart or missile dropped from an aircraft, as in World War I
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Origin of fléchette1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fléchette1
from French; see flèche
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