Mills grenade

noun

, Military.

1. a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilogram).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mills grenade¹

First recorded in 1915–20; named after Sir W. Mills (1856–1932), its English inventor

Example Sentences

My own task was to train as many men as possible in the use of the Mills grenade.

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Now the new British bomb appears—the Mills grenade, the trench-clearer.

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I was lucky to have no accident with the Mills grenade, and no fatal ones even with the rifle-grenade.

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The Mills grenade had just made its appearance, and was regarded as a special reserve of power in case of an enemy attack.

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