Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries 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.
[1913 Webster]
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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrapnel
n 1: shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
shrapnel /ʃrɛpnɛl/
shrapnel
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
