flanched

English

Etymology

flanch +‎ -ed

Adjective

flanched (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having flanches.
  2. (presumably) Flanged.
    • 1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
      Farey says of the rails the "bars are flanched, 3 ft. long, weigh 38 lb., and are spiked down on to blocks of stone, of about 1½ cubic feet each, by means of an oak plug, inserted into a hole drilled in the stone."

References
  • flanched in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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