Shrapnel /(?)/

Shrap·nel

Shrapnel

a.
  1. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.

Phrases & Compounds
Shrapnel shell
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.