flanker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flanker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flanker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flanker n a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver Synonym(s): flanker back, flanker a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flanker \Flank"er\, 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. They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. --W. Irwing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flanker \Flank"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flankered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flankering}.] [See {Flank}, v. t.] 1. To defend by lateral fortifications. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. 2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] --Evelyn.