flange
n.（名词）A protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object.凸缘：车轮或管道上突出的边、缘、肋条或环圈，用来增加物体强度、固定物体或使某一物体附着在另一物体上
来源：Possibly variant of flanch [device at the side of an escutcheon] 可能为 flanch的变体 [盾形金属板侧面的装置] perhaps from French flanche [feminine of] flanc [side] * see flank 可能源自 法语 flanche [] flanc的阴性词 [侧面] *参见 flank
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flange
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