flank : Idioms & Phrases
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Flank attack
(Mil.) , an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear.
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Flank company
(Mil.) , a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen.
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Flank defense
(Fort.) , protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.
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Flank en potence
(Mil.) , any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line.
Webster 1913
Flank files
- the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc.
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Flank march
- a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank.
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Flank movement
- a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position.
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Flank patrol
- detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.
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flank steak
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noun a cut of beef from the flank of the animal
WordNet
Flanks of a frontier
- salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion.
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Oblique flank
(Fort.) , that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. Wilhelm.
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Open flank
(Fort.) , the part of the flank covered by the orillon.
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Retired flank
(Fort.) , a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work.
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To turn a hostile army , To turn the enemy's flank , or the like
(Mil.) , to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side.
