fleche
noun
Meaning
- An arrow.
- Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- (fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- 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.
- To attack using the flèche method.
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