FLANGED

Etymology

Adjective

flanged (not comparable)

Having one or more flanges

Anagrams

• Gelfand, fangled

Source: Wiktionary

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Flanged, a.

Definition: Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.

FLANGE

Flange, n. Etym: [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]

1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.

2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.

– Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.

– Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh

Flange, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging.] (Mach.)

Definition: To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

Flange, v. i.

Definition: To be bent into a flange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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