Ric`o*chet" (?), n. [F.] A rebound
or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a
low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of
water.
Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of
guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only
a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip
along the ground.
Ric`o*chet" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ricochetting.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See
Ricochet, n. [R.]
Ric`o*chet", v. i. To skip with a
rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a
cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet,
n.
Ric`o*chet" (?), n. [F.] A rebound
or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a
low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of
water.
Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of
guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only
a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip
along the ground.
Ric`o*chet" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ricochetting.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See
Ricochet, n. [R.]
Ric`o*chet", v. i. To skip with a
rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a
cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet,
n.
