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Noun: flèche
  1. (architecture) a spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style
    "The cathedral's delicate flèche was visible from miles away"
     
  2. (backgammon) any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board
    "He moved his checker to an open flèche"
     
  3. (military fortification) an earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge
    "The soldiers quickly constructed a flèche for temporary defence"

Derived forms: flèches

Encyclopedia: Flèche