mitraille

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mitraille

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

noun

historical, uncountable shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon
Similar: grapeshot

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@misc{mitraille_2026,
  title = {mitraille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mitraille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}