Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proof against the splinters of bursting shells: as, splinter-proof shelters.
- noun A shelter impervious to splinters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mil.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.
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- adjective military
resistant tofragments ofexploding shells
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resistant to shattering or splintering
Etymologies
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splinter + -proof
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