flechette

Alternative forms

 * fléchette

Etymology
From, diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1) A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
 * 2)  The game of lawn darts.
 * 3) * 1907, Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, v. 5 (1907), p. 26. British Empire Naturalist's Association.
 * The Game of Flechette can be confidently recommended to amuse the seniors at a garden party

Translations

 * Finnish: nuoliammus
 * Italian: freccetta
 * Turkish: fleşet