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Fencing move that means "arrow" in French
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fleche
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Fleche \Fl[`e]che\, n. [F. fl[`e]che, prop., an arrow.] (Fort.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.
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A flèche ( Fr. for "arrow") is an outwork consisting of two converging faces with a parapet and an open gorge , forming an arrowhead shape facing the enemy. The flèche is similar in plan to other defensive works like the ravelin and demi-lune , but smaller ...
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n. (alternative spelling of flèche English)
Usage examples of fleche.
Before the Revolution, the Oratorians, devoted, like the Society of Jesus, to the education of youth--succeeding the Jesuits, in fact, in certain of their establishments--the colleges of Vendome, of Tournon, of la Fleche, Pont-Levoy, Sorreze, and Juilly.
They are quite knocked up My surgeon will need a bosun's chair And we have a corpse with us Pray tell me, have you any news of boats from La Fleche?