Flange

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To be bent into a flange.

II. Flange ·vt To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

III. Flange ·noun A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.

IV. Flange ·noun 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.