{ } n. [ Cf. Scrap, and Scrape. ] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [ Written also scrap. ] [ Obs. ] Bp. Bedell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot. [ 1913 Webster ]