‖n. [ F. flèche, prop., an arrow. ] (Fort.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian. ] A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]