ˈminē-, -ēˌā- noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized M
Etymology: after Claude Étienne Minié died 1879 French army officer
: a rifle bullet having a cylindrical body, conical head, and hollow base and much used in the middle of the 19th century
ˈminē-, -ēˌā- noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized M
Etymology: after Claude Étienne Minié died 1879 French army officer
: a rifle bullet having a cylindrical body, conical head, and hollow base and much used in the middle of the 19th century
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012