FLANGE


Meaning of FLANGE in English

/ flændʒ; NAmE / noun

an edge that sticks out from an object and makes it stronger or (as in a wheel of a train) keeps it in the correct position

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WORD ORIGIN

late 17th cent.: perhaps based on Old French flanchir to bend.

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