Flange

n. [Prov. Eng. flange, to project out. See FLANK.] A projecting edge, rib, or rim, as of a car-wheel, to keep it on the rail, or of a casting or other piece, by which it is strengthened or may be fastened to something else.

[imp. & p. p. FLANGED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLANGING.] (Mach.) To make a flange on.

To be bent into a flange; to take the form of a flange.