Minié ball

Minié ball
/min"ee, min"ee ay'/; Fr. /mee nyay"/
a conical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired, used in the 19th century.
[1855-60; named after C. E. Minié (1814-79), French officer who invented it]

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