Definition of flank

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Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..

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Outflank :: Outflank (v. t.) To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of..
Flank :: Flank (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef..
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Flanked :: Flanked (imp. & p. p.) of Flan.
Flankering :: Flankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flanke.
Demigorge :: Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion..
Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of any building.
Flanking :: Flanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flan.
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].
Epaulement :: Epaulement (n.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy..
Flank :: Flank (v. i.) To border; to touch.
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Flanker :: Flanker (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..
Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
Rand :: Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak..
Overwing :: Overwing (v. t.) To outflank.
Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..
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