World War I air-droppedflechettesFromFrenchfléchette(“small arrow”), diminutive offlèche(“arrow”).
flechette (countable anduncountable,pluralflechettes)
- A small sharp antipersonnelprojectile, used asshrapnel, fired from ashotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
- (dated, uncountable) The game oflawn darts.
- 1907,Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association.
- The Game ofFlechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party
small sharp antipersonnel projectile
