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‖ mitraille, n.|mitrɑj, mɪˈtreɪl|
Also anglicized mitrail.
[F. mitraille, OF. mi(s)traille small money, pieces of metal; an altered form of OF. mitaille, f. mite: see mite2.]
Small missiles, as fragments of iron, heads of nails, etc. shot in masses from a cannon; now spec. small shot or projectiles fired from a mitrailleuse.
[1802C. James Milit. Dict., Mitraille, Fr. small pieces of old iron, such as heads of nails, &c., with which pieces of ordnance are frequently loaded.] 1868Kinglake Crimea (1877) IV. vi. 140 His..purpose of meeting the assaulting column..with a pelting blast of mitrail. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Mitrailleur, A machine gun intended to throw mitraille, that is, groups of small projectiles, independently, to distances of 1000 yards.
Hence miˈtraille, v. rare [cf. F. mitrailler], trans. to assail with mitraille.
1844T. Parker in J. Weiss Life & Corr. I. 225 The wretched Terrorists of the Revolution guillotined..and mitrailled, I know not how many. |