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flèche

[fleysh; Fr. flesh]
–noun, plural flè⋅ches [fley-shiz; Fr. flesh] .
1. Architecture. a steeple or spire, esp. one in the Gothic style, emerging from the ridge of a roof.
2. Fortification. a fieldwork consisting of two faces forming a salient angle with an open gorge.
3. Fencing. a method of attack with saber or épée in which the attacker leaves from the rear foot and advances rapidly toward the opponent.

Origin:
1700–10; < F: lit., arrow, prob. < Gmc. Cf. fly 1
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flèche   (flěsh, flāsh)   
n.  A slender spire, especially one on a church above the intersection of the nave and transepts.

[French, arrow, flèche, from Old French, arrow, of Germanic origin; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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