What does flèche mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) An arrow.
  2. (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
  3. (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
  4. (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
  5. (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.
Verb
  1. (fencing) To attack using the flèche method.
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