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‖ flèche|flɛʃ|
Also 8 fletch.
[Fr. flèche, primarily ‘arrow’.]
1. Fortif. = arrow 8.
1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4755/2 We..attacked the two fleches. 1761Lond. Mag. XXX. 460 Several small fletches that were thrown up along the front. 1804Wellington in Gurw. Disp., To Major Graham 29 Mar., The best thing to do would be..to knock down that bad work in front of the gateway, and to make a good modern flèche in lieu thereof. 1827Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 107 The suburb beyond the Ebro was defended by redoubts and flèches. 1851J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. 101 The flèche..differs from a redan only in having no ditch.
2. Arch. A slender spire, esp. one placed over the intersection of the nave and transept.
1848B. Webb Continent. Ecclesiol. 160 A very elegant tall flêche for the sanct-bell. 1886F. Caddy Jeanne D'Arc 83 Its high-pitched lead roof with many pinnacles and flèches.
3. One of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board; = point n.1 B. 3 g.
1863G. F. Pardon Hoyle's Games Modernized 331 Backgammon is played..on a board divided into sections, and figured with twenty-four points or flèches, of different colours, placed alternately. 1867Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 381 Backgammon is played..upon a quadrangular..board, on which are figured 24 points or flèches, of two colours, placed alternately. Ibid., The points or flèches are numbered from 1 to 12 of each colour [sc. in a diagram]. 1897R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 617 Flèches, the points upon a backgammon board.
4. Fencing. (See quot. 1961.)
1928Daily Tel. 17 July 17/7 With the épée Walter met his most dangerous opponent..in the first round, and beat him with a rapid flèche attack on the body. 1930Morning Post 14 July 15 In the concluding series Armstrong's pace embarrassed Mowlam into an ill-timed flèche. 1961F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 192/2 Flèche,..used in fencing to mean a running attack. |