flèche

Meanings

1. An arrow.
2. Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
3. A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
4. An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
5. 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.

1. To attack using the flèche method.

Etymology

Borrowed from French flèche. Compare fletch.