A fortification projecting so as to flank or defend another part, or to command the flank of an assailing enemy.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > works at side (4) flanker1550 A fortification projecting so as to flank or defend another part, or to command the flank of an assailing enemy. flank1590 Fortification. Any part of a work so disposed as to defend another by a flanking fire; esp. the part of a bastion reaching from the curtain to the… side work1633 A fortification or other defensive structure protecting the side of a position, body of troops, etc. Later only in plural. Cf. flanker, n.1 1. Now… flancard1767 = flanker, n.1 |
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