flèche

Meaning

1. An arrow.
2. Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
3. A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
4. An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
5. A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
6. To attack using the flèche method.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from French flèche. Compare fletch.

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