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flechette - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

flechette (countable and uncountable, plural flechettes)

  • A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
  • (dated, uncountable) The game of lawn darts.
    • ✤ The Game of Flechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party1

Etymology

From French fléchette (“small arrow”), diminutive of flèche (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fleɪˈʃɛt/

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist’s Association. ↩

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