Meaning of flechette | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association. The Game of Flechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party”

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