Talk:Daisy cutter

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I thought a daisy cutter was a really fast-moving shot on goal that stayed on the ground??? Which term was used first? JHK

I realise this question has been hanging around for months now, but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary (1973) dates "daisy cutter" to 1791 with the meaning "a horse that in trotting steps low"; the meaning of a ball that stays low dates from 1889 and is first associated with cricket. --rbrwr

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Could someone who knows clarify the point of what the gun barrels/water pipes were used for? It sounds like they were used for the fuze extension mentioned in the first paragraph, but it's not quite sure the way it is now. -- John Owens 10:19 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)

Even worse than that - how exactly does this clear out foliage? I'm assuming it's not just blast effect (especially as author said it wasn't a FAE), or at least it's some innovatative use of a blast effect...

~ender, 2003-04-13 03:34 MST