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Flanges (ribs or rims)Flanges on railway wheels keep the wheels on the track.
From dialectal English flange(“to project”), flanch(“a projection”), from Old Frenchflanche(“flank, side”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
(roleplaying games) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
1998, Mr MI Pennington, “Can the Players be Trusted?”, in rec.games.frp.live-action (Usenet):
[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.
2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7
'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
2001, tedfat, “Flange!!!!”, in alt.society.nottingham (Usenet):
I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
2003, Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets:
'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
