bounding mine


bounding mine

[¦bau̇n·diŋ ′mīn] (ordnance) Type of antipersonnel mine usually buried just below the surface of the ground; it has a small charge which throws the case up into the air; this case explodes at a height of 3 or 4 feet (1 or 1.2 meters), throwing shrapnel or fragments in all directions.