Flechette Definition
flāzhet
noun
A steel missile or dart dropped from an aircraft or fired from an artillery piece.
American Heritage
A small, dartlike projectile, now usually shot from a gun or discharged in clusters by means of a bomb.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Flechette
Noun
Singular:
flechettePlural:
flechettesOrigin of Flechette
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French diminutive of flèche arrow flèche
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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