Flinders \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]

Small pieces or splinters; fragments.

The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. --Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)