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ˈflanking, vbl. n. and ppl. a.
[f. flank v. + -ing1 and -ing2.]
In senses of the vb. flanking party (see quots. 1802, 1918).
1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4082/3 There is a Flanking Line which runs from the Round Tower. 1802C. James Milit. Dict., Flanking-party, a select body of men on foot or on horseback, whose object is to harrass and perplex the enemy, to get upon his wings, or by any manœuvre to hang upon the flank of an opposing force. 1813Scott Rokeby v. iii, The flanking guns dismounted lie. 1841Lever C. O'Malley xc, Who poured in a flanking fire. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 294 When he has built his first flanking works, he wants to protect these works in the same way. 1870Daily News 20 Oct., This distant flanking of their line of communication made the defences that they raised all the easier to examine. 1886Willis & Clark Cambridge II. 508 The flanking turrets. 1888Kipling Departm. Ditties (1890) 79 Sent out a flanking-party. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 234 Flanking party, any body of men detached from the main army to act upon the flanks of an enemy. |