Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Proof against the splinters of bursting shells: as, splinter-proof shelters.
  • noun A shelter impervious to splinters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Mil.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.

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  • adjective military resistant to fragments of exploding shells

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective resistant to shattering or splintering

Etymologies

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splinter +‎ -proof

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