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flèche: see spire spire, high, tapering structure crowning a tower and having a general pyramidal outline. The simplest spires were the steeply pitched timber roofs capping Romanesque towers and campaniles.
..... Click the link for more information. . flèche A spire, usually comparatively small and slender, above the ridge of a roof, particularly one rising from the intersection of the nave and transept roofs of Gothic churches. Flèche a field fortification used until the early 20th century. Flèches, which were sometimes permanent, were a type of redan with two faces, each 20–30 m long, that formed an obtuse angle, with the apex pointing in the direction of the enemy. They were built to cover important axes and points; an example is the Bagration flèches at the battle of Borodino of 1812, which were located near the village of Semenovskaia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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