Definition of "flanch" []

• A flange. (noun)
• A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs. (noun)

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• "Fig. 1 - 5 double-pointed picks, fig. 1 - 3 with removable blades and fig. 1 - 2 retaining flanch on helmet by using fig. 3 a wedge following the Acmes method."
• "[_Arched_, from K. 's flanch, _in heraldry, an ordinary made of an arch-line_.]"
• "Leicestershire, and there introduced the cast-iron edge-rail, with flanches cast upon the tire of the waggon-wheels to keep them on the track, instead of having the margin or flanch cast upon the rail itself; and this plan was shortly after adopted in other places."