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mitraille

mitraille noun: shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.

Noun

mitraille (uncountable)

  1. (historical) shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon
    Synonyms:
    grapeshot

mitraille meaning in Tamil

mitraille in Tamil

எறிபடையெறிவு

Synonyms of mitraille

Origin of mitraille

From Old French mitaille (“small coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then grapeshot”); originally diminutive of mite (“small coin”). See also mitrailleur.

Questions about mitraille

What does mitraille mean?
Mitraille means shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.
What is mitraille in Tamil?
Mitraille in Tamil is எறிபடையெறிவு. See Mitraille meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mitraille?
Mitraille is a noun.

Words near mitraille in the dictionary

  1. mitraciliatine
  2. mitragynaline
  3. mitragynine
  4. mitraillade
  5. mitraillades
  6. mitraille
  7. mitrailleur
  8. mitrailleurs
  9. mitrailleuse
  10. mitrailleuses
  11. mitral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mitraille (page history and authors); mitraille (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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