Bul″let (�), n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.] 1. A small ball.
2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
3. A cannon ball.
A ship before Greenwich... shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse. [See Illust. under Horse.]