flechette

== English == === Alternative forms === fléchette === Etymology === From French fléchette (“small arrow”), diminutive of flèche (“arrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fleɪˈʃɛt/ === Noun === flechette (countable and uncountable, plural flechettes) A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft. (dated, uncountable) The game of lawn darts. 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 ==== Translations ====