flang´er

flange «flanj», noun, verb, flanged, flang|ing.

–n.

1. a raised edge, collar, or rim on a wheel, pulley, pipe, or other object. It is used to keep an object in place, fasten it to another object, or strengthen it. Railroad cars and locomotives have wheels with flanges to keep them on the track.

2. a tool used in making flanges.

–v.t.

to provide with a flange: »

“With flanged and battering tail...” He said, “Let there be Whale!” (William Rose Benét).

–v.i.

to project like, or take the form of, a flange.

╂[variant of earlier flanch, noun, perhaps < Old French flanchir bend, apparently < a Germanic word]

–flang´er, noun.