clay pigeon

[Emorynaseaps]

target used in skeet or trapshooting

[riiiilhuvono]

Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting a firearm at special flying targets known as clay pigeons, or clay targets.
The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to times past, when live-pigeon competitions were held. Although such competitions were made illegal in the United Kingdom in 1921, a target may still be called a bird, a hit may be referred to as a kill, and a missed target as a bird away; the machine which projects the targets is still known as a trap.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

A clay pigeon is a disk-shaped target made primarily from clay and pitch, launched into the air as a target for shooting practice in sports such as trap shooting, skeet shooting, and sporting clays. It is designed to simulate the flight path of a bird.

[Sommer]

A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.