'Flinders' definitions:
Definition of 'Flinders'
(from WordNet)
noun
British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) [syn: Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders]
noun
Bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage"
Definition of 'Flinders'
From: GCIDE
- Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.] Small pieces or splinters; fragments. [1913 Webster]
- The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]