flèche English

Meaning flèche meaning

What does flèche mean?

flèche noun

— (obsolete) An arrow.

— (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.

— (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.

— (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.

— (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.

flèche verb

— (fencing) To attack using the flèche method.