| 单词 | flanking party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflanking party In senses of the verb flanking party (see quots. 1802, 1918). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > on flank flanking party1802 1704 London Gaz. No. 4082/3 There is a Flanking Line which runs from the Round Tower. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Flanking-party, a select body of men on foot or on horseback, whose object is to harrass and perplex the enemy, to get upon his wings, or by any manœuvre to hang upon the flank of an opposing force. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. iii. 209 The flanking guns dismounted lie. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xc Who poured in a flanking fire. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 294 When he has built his first flanking works, he wants to protect these works in the same way. 1870 Daily News 20 Oct. 5/4 This distant flanking of their line of communication made the defences that they raised all the easier to examine. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 508 The flanking turrets. 1888 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1890) 79 Sent out a flanking-party. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 234 Flanking party, any body of men detached from the main army to act upon the flanks of an enemy. < as lemmas |
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