Shrapnel
['ʃræpn(ə)l] or ['sræpnəl]
Definition
(noun.) shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight.
Typed by Felix--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
(n.) A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
Typist: Sonia
Definition
n. a shell filled with musket-balls—from General Shrapnel (died 1842).
Editor: Will
Examples
- This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- About 1808 General Shrapnel of the English army invented the celebrated shell known by his name. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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