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Answer for the clue "Fencing move that means "arrow" in French ", 6 letters:
fleche

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A flèche is a team cycling competition, undertaken by randonneurs; the term is derived from "flèche velocio" . It differs from the more common randonnees or brevets , which are individual events and not specifically competitive. As with other randonneuring ...

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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.

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?