[min-ee, min-ee-ey; Fr. mee-nyey] 
| a conical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired, used in the 19th century. |
| min·ié ball (mĭn'ē, mĭn'ē-ā') n. A conical rifle bullet used in the 19th century and designed with a hollow base that expanded when fired. [After Claude Étienne Minié (1814?-1879), French army officer.] |