Fleche Definition

flĕsh, flāsh
noun
A slender spire, esp. one over the intersection of the nave and the transept in some Gothic churches.
Webster's New World
(backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
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(military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
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(fencing) 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.
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Other Word Forms of Fleche

Noun

Singular:
fleche
Plural:
fleches

Origin of Fleche

  • French arrow, flèche from Old French arrow of Germanic origin pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French

    From Wiktionary

Fleche Sentence Examples

  • From 1604 to 1612 he studied at the school of La Fleche, which Henry IV.

  • Later, he upheld Elias, lord of La Fleche, against William Rufus, king of England, and on the recognition of Elias as count of Maine in 1100, obtained for Fulk the Young, his son by Bertrade de Montfort, the hand of Eremburge, Elias's daughter and sole heiress.

  • From the point of view of purely judicial administration, Anjou was subject to the parlement of Paris; Angers was the seat of a presidial court, of which the jurisdiction comprised the senechaussees of Angers, Saumur, Beauge, Beaufort and the duchy of Richelieu; there were besides presidial courts at Château-Gontier and La Fleche.

  • He visited Paris, resided for a time at Rheims and then settled at La Fleche, famous in the history of philosophy as the school of Descartes.

  • He was educated at the Jesuit College of La Fleche, where he was a fellow-pupil and friend of Descartes.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLE

Words Ending With

EHECHE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With E