noun, feminine/meˈtɾaʝa/plural: metrallas
grapeshot; shrapnel
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y-der.? Proto-Germanic *maitaną Proto-Germanic *mītǭ Old Dutch mitebor. Old French mite Old French mitailleder. French mitraillebor. Spanish metralla Borrowed from French mitraille.