Definition of Flankers

1. Noun. (plural of flanker) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flankers

1. flanker [n] - See also: flanker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flankers

flangeway
flangeways
flanging
flangs
flank
flank bone
flank incision
flank position
flank steak
flanked
flanken
flanker
flanker back
flankered
flankering
flankers (current term)
flanking
flanking region
flanking sequence
flanks
flannel
flannel-cake
flannel-mouth
flannel-mouthed
flannel bush
flannel cake
flannel cakes
flannel leaf
flannel mouth
flannel mullein

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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