Projecting rims, as on wheels

Usage examples of flanges.

They climbed slippery, wet walls and flanges of black metal, until they came to the lip of the uncovered channel.

Beneath, except for other flanges, was a good 400 meters of sky terminating in some very hard-looking pavement.

Gruder touched a presspad and flanges pushed out in three directions from the head of each piton, anchoring it.

The flanges released their grip and the pitons withdrew into the mounts.

At a signal from his remote, flanges sliced out all along the central core, locking the spike in place.

He wore sword and dagger at one hip and a mace of flanges thrust through his belt at the other.