गर्भछाट

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Destruction of the fœtus in the womb. Hence fig. Utter extermination or extirpation; cutting off even the children unborn. 2 m f Culling or picking out: also the culled portion. 3 The bursting of a bomb. 4 Used as a Loaded with bullets, nails, spikes, stones &c.--a गोळा or तोफ, a shot or a cannon. गर्भछाट गोळा therefore will express Bomb, shell, shrapnell &c., and गर्भ- छाट तोफ Gun for bombs or a gun charged with a bomb; bomb-mortar. Also गर्भछाट f alone, both as Bomb and as Bomb-mortar.