fléchette

[ fley-shet ]
noun,plural flé·chettes [fley-shets; French fley-shet]. /fleɪˈʃɛts; French fleɪˈʃɛt/.

  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.

Origin of fléchette

1
From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at flèche, -ette

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British Dictionary definitions for fléchette

fléchette

/ (fleɪˈʃɛt) /

noun

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

Origin of fléchette

1
from French; see flèche

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