RIC'OCHET, noun In gunnery, the firing of guns, mortars or howitzers with small charges, and elevated a few degrees, so as to carry the balls or shells just over the parapet, and cause them to roll along the opposite rampart. This is called ricochet-firing, and the batteries are called ricochet-batteries.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.