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Definition of Flankers
1. flanker [n] - See also: flanker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flankers
Literary usage of Flankers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... respecting the great modern improvements of the Castle of Birr, "the external
building cannot be easily described, so various are its towers, flankers, ..."
2. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... 150 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 12 feet high, with three flankers ; within the
... 60 feet square, with three flankers. He hath a strong Stone House, ..."
3. Elements of Military Art and History: Comprising the History and Tactics of by Edouard La Barre Duparcq, Nicolas Edouard Delabarre-Duparcq, George Washington Cullum (1863)
"... The flankers* march parallel to the column, upon each of its flanks. They scatter
themselves in groups of three, at 400 or 500 paces from the road, ..."
4. The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other by Warren Lee Goss (1871)
""flankers," or Thieves.—New Companions.— A Queer Character. — Knowledge of
Tunnelling acquired. — A novel Method of Escape. — Mode of Tunnelling. ..."
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