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Definition of flank

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Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..

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Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.

Flanker :: Flanker (n.) 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..

Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory..

Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of any building.

Dipteral :: Dipteral (a.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple..

Flank :: Flank (v. i.) To border; to touch.

Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side..

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..

Flank :: Flank (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef..

Overwing :: Overwing (v. t.) To outflank.

Wich :: Wich (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players..

Demigorge :: Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion..

Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To attack sideways.

Tower :: Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..

Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..