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Slender spire
Answer for the clue "Slender spire ", 6 letters:
fleche
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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n. (alternative spelling of flèche English)
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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 ...
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?