Flechette

Alternative forms

• fléchette

Origin

From French fléchette ("small arrow"), diminutive of flèche ("arrow").

Full definition of flechette

Noun

1. A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
2. (dated) 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