fléchette

[ fley-shet ]
/ fleɪˈʃɛt /

noun, plural flé·chettes [fley-shets; French fley-shet] /fleɪˈʃɛts; French fleɪˈʃɛt/.

Military. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.
a bullet with a thin, hard metal spine, designed to tumble on impact and thus cause an incapacitating wound.

Origin of fléchette

From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at flèche, -ette

British Dictionary definitions for flechette

fléchette
/ (fleɪˈʃɛt) /

noun

a steel dart or missile dropped from an aircraft, as in World War I

Word Origin for fléchette

from French; see flèche