Category:Shrapnel

Shrap"nel, a.

Defn: applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by gen. H. Shrapnel of the british army. -- n.

Defn: 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.