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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Flanches

(#)

[Prov. E., a projection, OF.

flanche

flank. See

A flange.

[R.]

(Her.)

A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.

☞ Flanches are always in pairs. A pair of flanches is considered one of the subordinaries.