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flechettes

flechettes is the plural of flechette.

Meaning of flechette

Noun

flechette (countable and uncountable, plural flechettes)

  1. A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
  2. (dated, uncountable) The game of lawn darts.
    • The Game of Flechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association.

Questions about flechettes

What is flechettes the plural of?
Flechettes is the plural of flechette.

Words near flechettes in the dictionary

  1. fleche faitiere
  2. fleched
  3. fleches
  4. fleches faitieres
  5. flechette
  6. flechettes
  7. fleching
  8. fleck
  9. flecked
  10. Fleckenstein
  11. Fleckensteins

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