Mills grenade
noun Military.
a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
Also called
Mills bomb.
Origin of Mills grenade
1915–20; named after Sir W.
Mills (1856–1932), its English inventor
British Dictionary definitions for mills bomb
Mills bomb
/ (mɪlz) /
noun
a type of high-explosive hand grenade
Word Origin for Mills bomb
C20: named after Sir William
Mills (1856–1932), English inventor