nose cap
noun1
Historical A protective cap on the end of a gunstock.
2
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The protective covering on the end of an aircraft fuselage.
3
The nose cone of a missile or shell, often containing explosives or a timer.
- This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 107: