flanker
a person or thing that flanks.
Military. one of a body of soldiers placed on the flank of an army to guard a line of march.
Fortification. a fortification projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
Football.
Also called flank·er·back . an offensive back who lines up outside of an end.
Origin of flanker
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How to use flanker in a sentence
The only reason Bareman started fighting was because he had washed out as a rugby flanker and he wanted to get back in shape so he could return to rugby.
Presumably, it was part of a flanker for a formal outdoor stair or steps (fig. 39).
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm WatkinsI would send one man as a left flanker to follow the west bank of Sandy Creek.
Manual of Military Training | James A. MossThe great flanker, or round tower, at the west end of the line was twenty-nine feet high.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast | Samuel Adams DrakeWhat a sin it would be to spoil a fellow cut out for a flanker; and on a shoulder intended to carry a grenade, to hang a surplice.
British Dictionary definitions for flanker
/ (ˈflæŋkə) /
one of a detachment of soldiers detailed to guard the flanks, esp of a formation
a projecting fortification, used esp to protect or threaten a flank
rugby a wing forward
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