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Webster 1913 Edition
Shrapnel
Shrap′nel
,Adj.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
– Noun.
A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
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
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