/flay shet"/ , n. , pl. fléchettes /flay shets"/ ; Fr. /flay shet"/ .
1. Mil. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.
2. a bullet with a thin, hard metal spine, designed to tumble on impact and thus cause an incapacitating wound.
[ 1910-15; ]