Shrapnel

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Shrapnel shell} (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon,
        consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small
        bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while
        in flight. See the Note under {Case shot}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Case shot \Case" shot`\ (Mil.)
     A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or
     canister.
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     Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or
           oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a
           bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe
           {shrapnel}. In Europe the term case shot is applied to
           what in the United States is called canister.
           --Wilhelm.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shrapnel
       n : shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrapnel":
     ball, bar shot, bird shot, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot,
     cannonball, case shot, crossbar shot, duck shot, dumdum bullet,
     expanding bullet, grape, grapeshot, langrel shot,
     manstopping bullet, pellet, rifle ball, round shot, shell, shot,
     slug, split shot