[fleysh; Fr. flesh] 
[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. |
| 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.] |
fleche
in French architecture, any spire; in English it is an architectural term for a small slender spire placed on the ridge of a church roof. The fleche is usually built of a wood framework covered with lead or occasionally copper and is generally of rich, light, delicate design, in which tracery, miniature buttresses, and crockets have important parts
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