flèchen.

/flɛʃ/

Forms: Also 1700s fletch.

Etymology: < French flèche, primarily ‘arrow’.

1. Fortification. = arrow n. 9.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > angular outworks

priest's cap1446

priest's bonnet1685

swallowtail1688

flèche1710

arrow1747

1710 London Gaz. No. 4755/2 We..attacked the two fleches.

1761 London Mag. 30 460 Several small fletches that were thrown up along the front.

1804 Duke of Wellington in Dispatches (1835) III. 500 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.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 107 The suburb beyond the Ebro was defended by redoubts and flèches.

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 94 The flèche..differs from a redan only in having no ditch.

a. Architecture. A slender spire, esp. one placed over the intersection of the nave and transept.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire > types of

broach1501

tabernacle-spire1842

broach-spire1848

flèche1848

1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 160 A very elegant tall flêche for the sanct-bell.

1886 F. Caddy Footsteps Jeanne D'Arc 83 Its high-pitched lead roof with many pinnacles and flèches.

b. In decorative art: a representation of a spire in carving or metal-work.

ΚΠ

1862 Catal. Spec. Exhib. Wks. Art S. Kens. Mus. 60 Châsse..in the shape of a church, surmounted in the centre of the roof with a ‘flêche’ or spire.

3. One of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board; = point n.¹ 21c.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > board > point

pointc1450

flèche1863

1863 G. 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.

1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 381 Backgammon is played..upon a quadrangular..board, on which are figured 24 points or flèches, of two colours, placed alternately.

1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 381 The points or flèches are numbered from 1 to 12 of each colour [sc. in a diagram].

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 617 Flèches, the points upon a backgammon board.

4. Fencing. (See quot. 1961.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions

buttc1330

overheadc1400

stopc1450

quarter-strokea1456

rabbeta1500

rakea1500

traverse1547

flourish1552

quarter-blow1555

veny1578

alarm1579

venue1591

cut1593

time1594

caricado1595

fincture1595

imbroccata1595

mandritta1595

punta riversa1595

remove1595

stramazon1595

traversa1595

imbrocado1597

passado1597

counter-time1598

foinery1598

canvasado1601

montant1601

punto1601

stock1602

embrocadoc1604

pass1604

stuck1604

stramazo1606

home thrust1622

longee1625

falsify?1635

false1637

traversion1637

canvassa1641

parade1652

flanconade1664

parry1673

fore-stroke1674

allonge1675

contretemps1684

counter1684

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feint1684

passing1687

under-counter1687

stringere1688

stringering1688

tempo1688

volte1688

overlapping1692

repost1692

volt-coupe1692

volting1692

disarm?1700

stamp1705

passade1706

riposte1707

swoop1711

retreat1734

lunge1748

beat1753

disengage1771

disengagement1771

opposition1771

time thrust1771

timing1771

whip1771

shifting1793

one-two1809

one-two-three1809

salute1809

estramazone1820

remise1823

engage1833

engaging1833

risposta1838

lunging1847

moulinet1861

reprise1861

stop-thrust1861

engagement1881

coupé1889

scrape1889

time attack1889

traverse1892

cut-over1897

tac-au-tac riposte1907

flèche1928

replacement1933

punta dritta1961

1928 Daily 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.

1930 Morning Post 14 July 15 In the concluding series Armstrong's pace embarrassed Mowlam into an ill-timed flèche.

1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 192/2 Flèche,..used in fencing to mean a running attack.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	flèche
释义	flèchen. /flɛʃ/ Forms: Also 1700s fletch. Etymology: < French flèche, primarily ‘arrow’. 1. Fortification. = arrow n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > angular outworks priest's cap1446 priest's bonnet1685 swallowtail1688 flèche1710 arrow1747 1710 London Gaz. No. 4755/2 We..attacked the two fleches. 1761 London Mag. 30 460 Several small fletches that were thrown up along the front. 1804 Duke of Wellington in Dispatches (1835) III. 500 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. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 107 The suburb beyond the Ebro was defended by redoubts and flèches. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 94 The flèche..differs from a redan only in having no ditch. 2. a. Architecture. A slender spire, esp. one placed over the intersection of the nave and transept. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire > types of broach1501 tabernacle-spire1842 broach-spire1848 flèche1848 1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 160 A very elegant tall flêche for the sanct-bell. 1886 F. Caddy Footsteps Jeanne D'Arc 83 Its high-pitched lead roof with many pinnacles and flèches. b. In decorative art: a representation of a spire in carving or metal-work. ΚΠ 1862 Catal. Spec. Exhib. Wks. Art S. Kens. Mus. 60 Châsse..in the shape of a church, surmounted in the centre of the roof with a ‘flêche’ or spire. 3. One of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board; = point n.¹ 21c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > board > point pointc1450 flèche1863 1863 G. 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. 1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 381 Backgammon is played..upon a quadrangular..board, on which are figured 24 points or flèches, of two colours, placed alternately. 1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 381 The points or flèches are numbered from 1 to 12 of each colour [sc. in a diagram]. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 617 Flèches, the points upon a backgammon board. 4. Fencing. (See quot. 1961.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 1928 Daily 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. 1930 Morning Post 14 July 15 In the concluding series Armstrong's pace embarrassed Mowlam into an ill-timed flèche. 1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 192/2 Flèche,..used in fencing to mean a running attack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1710
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