Definitions
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Word origin
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Used in a sentence
“[The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.”
“'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.”
“it's a flange of baboons”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Projecting lip”6 letters
02“Projecting rim”6 letters
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