单词 | flanker |
释义 | flankern.1 1. A fortification projecting so as to flank or defend another part, or to command the flank of an assailing enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > works at side flanker1550 flank1590 side work1633 flancard1767 1550–1 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Rem. (Roxb.) II. 307 Also for flankers at the kepe of Guisnes willed to be made. 1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iii. vii. 167 The West gate, wherein were 4 Peeces of ordnance, and two in the Flanker. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 59 The Castle is seated towards the bottom of the Bay, commanding it every way from the Points and Flankiers. 1753 J. Bowdoin Let. 12 Nov. in B. Franklin Wks. (1840) VII. 78 (note) At each corner a flanker, in which is a couple of cannon. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xv. 150 Embattled high and proudly tower'd, Shaded by ponderous flankers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by position flanker1575 barbette gun1872 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 9 The flankers than, in murdring holes that laye Went of and slew, God knowes stoute men enow. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1810/2 Captayne Vaughan..entered the Ditches, and viewed the Flankers, wherevpon the Frenche shotte off the same Flankers. 3. One posted or stationed on either flank. a. Military. One of a detachment of skirmishers thrown out on the flanks of an army when marching, to guard the line of march. Usually plural. [= French flanqueur.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by position > [noun] > on flank flanker1587 flancard1767 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > member of flank-guard flanker1587 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 159/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Setting out his flankers in seuerall places. 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxi. 157 The Pikes being their flankers. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xx. 96 With a few flankers or rifle~men outside the whole. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 52 Their services as scouts and flankers proved invaluable. b. in non-military uses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant at hunt > one rousing game or beater teisera1425 starter1607 shackatory1630 rouser1801 beater1845 flanker1893 1827 Lady Morgan O'Briens & O'Flahertys I. 219 Lady Honoria was still excluded..by a blockade of carriages, and her old flanker the Castleknock. 1893 Standard Dict., Flanker 2. In grouse-driving, one of the men walking on the flanks of the line of drivers, to keep the birds in the desired line of flight. c. A trick, a swindle. slang (originally Military). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 124 Flanker..3. une échappatoire; he's done us a flanker, il nous a trompés, nous a attrapés, ou (rare) nous a échappé. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 282/1 Do a flanker..; work a flanker. 1962 Observer 27 May 3/8 An Army spokesman said: ‘..he has certainly pulled a flanker on the Army’. 1962 B. Knox Little Drops of Blood ii. 47 This bloke wasn't content wi' just fiddling the h.p. He'd been workin' another flanker. d. = flank forward n. at flank n.1 Compounds 2. Also in American and Canadian football (see quot. 19612). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player side tackle1809 nose guard1852 rusher1877 goalkicker1879 quarterback1879 runner1880 quarter1883 full back1884 left guard1884 snap-back1887 snapper-back1887 running back1891 tackle1891 defensive end1897 guard1897 interferer1897 receiver1897 defensive back1898 defensive tackle1900 safety man1901 ball carrier1902 defensive lineman1902 homebrew1903 offensive lineman1905 lineman1907 returner1911 signal caller1915 rover1916 interference1920 punt returner1926 pass rusher1928 tailback1930 safety1931 blocker1935 faker1938 scatback1946 linesman1947 flanker1953 platoon player1953 corner-back1955 pulling guard1955 split end1955 return man1957 slot-back1959 strong safety1959 wide receiver1960 line-backer1961 pocket passer1963 tight end1963 run blocker1967 wideout1967 blitzer1968 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1953 H. Muller Tot Siens to Test Rugby 180 My first-choice flanker would be Des O'Brien. 1961 Auckland Weekly News 5 July 53/1 As a wingforward and later a flanker he will always be remembered. 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 165 Flanker (football), an offensive end or back who lines up five or more yards wide of his own end. 1962 Times 12 June 3/5 Pask for J. Douglas as the blindside flanker in the pack. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 29/1 Of their 10 selections, seven were offensive ends or flankers. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 18/7 Waivers were asked on flanker Tom Bland and nobody picked him up. 4. Anything which flanks or adjoins laterally: a. gen. ΚΠ 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 377 To make them [sc. citron-trees] a hoode and flankers of bay trees. b. a side-wall of a courtyard; a wing of a building. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > something at the side lateral1578 side piece1592 flanker1631 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > projecting subdivision outshot1378 wing1523 limb1577 jambc1600 excursiona1626 return1625 flanker1631 pavilionc1676 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > side wall of flanker1631 1631 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. III. 102 He bwylding..an english howse..with 2 fflankers. 1823 W. Scott Let. 29 Oct. (1935) VIII. 112 The front of the house is now enclosed by a court-yard wall, with flankers of 100 feet. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > timber in pieces > side-piece flanker1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Flanchere, A flanker, side peece, or flanking peece of timber, in building. d. a side-piece of armour (see quot. 1659), = flancard n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > side-armour flanker1659 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for horse > [noun] > for side flancard1555 flanker1659 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Fiancari, flankers, or sidepieces for an armed man or barbed horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road plainstones1611 flanker1682 side pavement1685 footwalk1701 sideway1738 sidewalk1739 pavement1743 banquette1772 footpath1776 trottoir1789 walkway1792 parapet1795 causeway1796 flag-way1800 flags1801 pave1835 flagstone1840 flagging1851 walk1913 pedway1965 1682 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 25 The highway..pitched..the middle part with peebles, and the two collaterals or flankers with hard white stone. f. one of the side horses in a three-horse vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > team of three > member of leader1699 pin-horse1877 flanker1879 pin1879 1879 O'Donovan in Daily News 16 Apr. 3/1 While the central animal is..running along a deep narrow cutting, the flankers are on the top of high banks on either side; or vice versa. 5. In cattle-branding operations: the man who throws each calf on its side to be branded. Cf. flank v.1 6d. U.S. ΚΠ 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 297 The flanker and assistants..call out ‘hot iron’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flankern.2 (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > fire-spark sparkc725 iselc1000 speldc1050 firebrandc1275 sprankc1300 sparklec1330 funka1393 sparklinga1529 fanglea1657 flanker1840 1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist 11 They..throw out lighted fragments, ‘flankers’, as they are called. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Flanker, a spark of fire. West. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flankerv.1 Obsolete exc. archaic. 1. transitive. To support or protect on the flanks; to defend or command from a flanker; to strengthen with flankers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > defend on side or front flank1596 flanker1598 vant-guard1600 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] > fortify at side flanker1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 96 At euery angle of the battell..a good squadron of Muskets..to flanker it euery way. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 191 He began his first peece of fortification, vpon a Rocke which flankers the Kings Castle. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xxi. 233 The ground..was flankerd from the Earles quarter by the Cannon. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 40 The City is compassed with a thick Stone Wall, flanker'd and moated about. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Flanker, to fortify the Walls of a City with Bulwarks or Countermures. 2. intransitive. To make an attack on the flank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] > attack on flank flanker1603 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 619 One of these great mounts he cast vp directly against the face of the towne, and the other at a corner of the same, to flanker alongst the wall. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 20 Where those sharp winds do rather flanker than blow fully opposite upon our plantations. Derivatives ˈflankered adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > defended > defended on sides flankered1860 1860 J. G. Whittier Truce of Piscataqua 18 The grim, flankered block-house, bound With bristling palisades. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † flankerv.2 Obsolete. intransitive. To sparkle. ΚΠ 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 127 The fits of love And flanckring sparkes of Cupids fire. Derivatives ˈflankering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling sparkling?c1225 glising1340 glimmeringa1375 glistening1388 glistering1398 glitteringa1400 coruscantc1485 twinkling1508 flankering1577 fire-darting1594 glitterous1596 scintillant1611 winkinga1616 micant1657 scintillating1664 spangling1665 besparklinga1674 skinkling1790 spunky1791 micacious1797 glistery1806 spark-like1814 spangly1818 emicatious1819 sparky1827 aglitter1828 ablaze1851 aglist1858 scintillescent1860 aglisten1867 glittery1880 twinkly1884 sparkly1922 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 49 By flanckeryng flame of firie love, to cinders men are worne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11550n.21840v.11598v.21567 |
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