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flèche

(flĕsh, flāsh)

A slender spire, especially one on a church above the intersection of the nave and transept.

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

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flèche

(fleɪʃ; flɛʃ)

1. (Architecture) Also called: spirelet a slender spire, esp over the intersection of the nave and transept ridges of a church roof

2. (Fortifications) a pointed part of a fortification directed towards the attackers

3. (Fencing) fencing a short running attack

[C18: from French: spire (literally: arrow), probably of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German flieke long arrow]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

flèche

(fleɪʃ, flɛʃ)

n.

a steeple or spire emerging from the ridge of a roof.

[1700–10; < French: literally, arrow, < Frankish]

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At the fleches Bennigsen stopped and began looking at the Shevardino Redoubt opposite, which had been ours the day before and where several horsemen could be descried.

From the fleches they rode still farther to the left, along a road winding through a thick, low-growing birch wood.

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Dw i wir yn gyffrous i weld faint mwy o feicwyr ifanc, o'r dynion a'r menywod, all dorri trwyddo yn y blynyddoedd i'w ddod." SEICLO: La Fleche Wallone Nos Sadwrn 4 Mai, 9.45 & Dydd Sul 5 Mai, 1.45 SEICLO: Liege-Bastogne-Liege Nos Wener 10 Mai, 9.30 & Dydd Sul 12 Mai, 1.30 SEICLO: Giro d'Italia - Cymalau Byw ac Uchafbwyntiau Yn dechrau Dydd Sadwrn 11 Mai

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Bydd uchafbwyntiau La Fleche Wallone am 9.45yh heno, tra bod uchafbwyntiau'r Liege-Bastogne-Liege yn cael ei ddangos am 9.30yh ar Nos Wener.

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Sagan abandoned both the Amstel Gold Race and Fleche Wallonne.

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Share your memories - write to the address on the opposite page or email letters@coventrytelegraph.net MAY 22, 1970: A steeplejack slots the spindle into the top of the fleche of Coventry Cathedral's new Flying Cross.

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