Ricochet firing

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(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.

See also: Ricochet

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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