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Minié|ˈmɪnɪeɪ|
The name of the inventor of the Minié bullet (see below) used attrib., as Minié ball, Minié bullet, an elongated bullet invented by M. Minié of Vincennes, which, when fired, was expanded by the powder contained in an iron cup inserted in a cavity at its base; Minié rifle, a rifle adapted for firing the Minié bullet (see quot. 1876).
1853Stocqueler Milit. Dict., Minie Rifle, or Culot Ball, a new species of fire-arm. 1858Greener Gunnery 350 In 1847 and 1848 Captain Minié..proposed a hollow iron cup to fill up the cavity in Delvigne's bullet, and from this circumstance we get the name of Minié rifle. 1859Lever Dav. Dunn xiii. 113 Under all that hailstorm of Minié-balls. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. s.v., In 1851 a rifle musket of the Minié pattern was supplied to the English army... It was found to be defective in practice, and was superseded by the Enfield rifle in 1853. 1884H. Bond Milit. Small Arms 202 This discovery caused..the Minié rifle (an ordinary rifle firing a Minié bullet) to become the favourite arm. |