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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shrap-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃræp nl |
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Définition of shrapnel
Origin :- 1806, from Gen. Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), who invented a type of exploding, fragmenting shell when he was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery during the Peninsular War. The invention consisted of a hollow cannon ball, filled with shot, which burst in mid-air; his name for it was spherical case ammunition. Sense of "shell fragments" is first recorded 1940. The surname is attested from 13c., and is believed to be a metathesized form of Charbonnel, a diminutive form of Old French charbon "charcoal," in reference to complexion, hair color, or some other quality.
- As in ammunition : noun projectiles for weaponry
- How often have I felt anxious seeing these shrapnel through the telescope.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- Oh for the good "Queen Bess," her high command, and her 15-inch shrapnel!
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- But the shrapnel got on to these fellows also and I lost sight of them.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- When we got back to the Arno we found she had been hit by shrapnel, but no damage.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- Then they came to grips and mentioned the cause of their injuries—bullet or shrapnel.
- Extract from : « A Boswell of Baghdad » by E. V. Lucas
- He was badly wounded by shrapnel and was sent back to England.
- Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride
- In the moaning of the shells there mingles the rattling of shrapnel.
- Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
- It was the first shrapnel sent out by the Germans during the siege.
- Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
- There were a couple of civilian casualties resulting from the shrapnel.
- Extract from : « Six days of the Irish Republic » by Louis Redmond-Howard
- Round about the shrapnel burst in little puffs like cotton-wool.
- Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos
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