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Webster 1913 Edition
Flanker
Flank′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
They threw out
flankers
, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. W. Irwing.
1.
To defend by lateral fortifications.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.
2.
To attack sideways.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flanker
FLANK'ER
,Noun.
FLANK'ER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To defend by lateral fortifications.2.
To attack sideways.