discarding petal

discarding petal

[‚di¦skärd·iŋ ′ped·əl]

(ordnance)

A part of a discarding sabot that is composed of a base and attached pieces, or petals, which surround the core, and are peeled back under centrifugal and aerodynamic forces and discarded just in front of the gun muzzle.

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