[fley-shet] 
[fley-shets; Fr. fley-shet] . | 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. |
| flé·chette (flā-shět', flě-) n. A steel missile or dart dropped from an aircraft or fired from an artillery piece. [French, diminutive of flèche, arrow; see flèche.] |
