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A pair of arcs cut in from the shield sides.
Also known as: Flanches heraldic, Side arcs heraldic
In heraldry flaunches are a pair of arcs swept inward from the two sides of the shield, always borne in pairs and never singly.
Two arcs bulging inward from the left and right edges of the shield towards its centre.