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Definition of Flechette
1. Noun. (historical) A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) The game of lawn darts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flechette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flechette
Literary usage of Flechette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aircraft in the Great War: A Record and Study by Claude Grahame-White, Harry Harper (1915)
"... XIII THE "flechette": A RAIN OF ARROWS FROM THE SKY " Suddenly a soldier felt
a pain in his foot. Bending down, he found that one of the small steel ..."
2. Civilian Pawns: Laws of War Violations and the Use of Weapons on the Israel by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch/Middle East, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1996)
"One unique application of this 1 1/2" flechette was to load these in a 12 GA.
shotgun for taking out snipers hiding in thick brush or trees. ..."
3. Aëroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot (1915)
"SECTION OF UPPER END OR TAIL OF flechette. when hurled against dense masses of
men, is the steel arrow, or " flechette" as it is called. ..."
4. Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development, and by Willis John Abbot (1918)
"... form of offensive weapon which for some reason seems peculiarly horrible to
the human mind is the flechette. These are steel darts a little larger than ..."
5. Aerial Observation: The Airplane Observer, the Balloon Observer, and the by Holworthy Hall (1921)
"It might be—and is—added that in the meantime had used against infantry a sort
of steel dart, or flechette. These were simply tossed out over the side, ..."
6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"We were particularly concerned about Israel's illegal use of phosphorus and
flechette shells in civilian areas. Hizballah, which had allegedly received most ..."
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