FLECHETTE

Flechette

A flechette is a pointed steel projectile, with a vaned tail for stable flight. The name comes from French, "little arrow" or "dart", and sometimes retains the acute accent in English: fléchette.

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flechette

Noun

  1. A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
  2. The game of lawn darts.


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