2 entries under this word

Flanker

Flānk'er, n.

noun

n. One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army to guard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body. They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. Irving.

Flănk'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FLANKERED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLANKERING.] [See FLANK, v. t.; Fr. flanquer.]

To defend by lateral fortifications. Herbert.
To attack sideways. Evelyn.