Fléche

Arrow. Arrow-headed boring tool (mining). Polemast or topmast. Masthead. Portion of mast above its connection with the mast above. Gaff topsail. Spire (of church). Trail (of gun). Fitch (of bacon). Length of compre ion (of spring). Perpendicular from centre of chord to are. Culminating point of trajectory. Bending under test. Perch (of vehicles). Two-horsed railway wagon. Small redan (fort if.). Fléche articulée. Hinged trail, folding trail—Fau e fléche. Bar connecting trail of gun with limber (certain heavy guns).—Filéche évadée. Trail with side brackets wide apart (howitzers).—Fléche téléscopique. Telescopic trail—Demifléches. Branches of “ sci ors-trail” (Deport, G.P.F. and other new guns).—Fléche d’orientation. N.S. line drawn on map.—En fléche. in tandem.—Fléche d’aile. Convexity or camber of aeroplane wing.—Mat de fléche. (See Mat.)—Fléche a élargir. Special enlarging head of miner’s boring tool—Fléche porte-amarre. (See Porte amarre.) [p.253]