flèche noun. [flɛʃ, fleɪʃ] Pl. pronounced same. ME.
[Old & mod. French = arrow.]
1. An arrow. Only in ME.

2. Fortification. A work in communication with the covered way, placed at the salient angle of the glacis. E18.

3. Architecture. A slender spire, usu. of wood and rising from a roof. M19.

4. Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board. M19.

5. Fencing. In full flèche attack. A running attack. E20.

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