Usage examples "projectile":
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Mrs. Lowder, by a different law, was spacious because she was full, because she had something in common, even in repose, with a projectile,
of great size, loaded and ready for use. - "The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2",
Henry James.
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" Though if you intend to send a projectile
thirty miles," said one of the officers, " I'm afraid there may be some danger, after all. - "Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon or, The Longest Shots on Record",
Victor Appleton.
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And a ninety- four- pound projectile,
exploded, had scattered the shore with its fragments, and doubtless the river- bed was strewn thick with others. - "The Dop Doctor",
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves.