English Explanatory Dictionary

mitraille

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon

Word forms

mitraille

Etymology

From Old French mitaille (“small coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then grapeshot”); originally diminutive of mite (“small coin”). See also mitrailleur.

Synonyms

grapeshot

Related words

mitraillade mitrailleur mitrailleuse
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