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Meaning of Minié ball | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A muzzle-loading bullet with a hollow base, much used in the second half of the nineteenth century.

historical

Examples

“So intense was the firing that at one point just behind the southern lines an oak tree nearly two feet thick was cut down by minié balls.”
“Minié ball, judging from everybody else's wounds around that time.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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