flanch

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English

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The arms of Prestwood are sable, a lion rampant between two flanches or.

Etymology

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English dialect [Term?] (a projection), Old French flanche (flank). See flank.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flæntʃ/, /flɑːntʃ/

Noun

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flanch (plural flanches)

  1. A flange.
  2. (heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flanch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)