| 单词 | in flank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin flank 6. Military. The extreme left or right side of an army or body of men in military formation; a wing. †a flank (see also aflank adv.), in flank: at the side. to turn the flank (of an enemy): see turn n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > wing or flank wingc1400 horn1533 out-wingc1540 flank1548 point1550 sleeve1574 left1693 right1694 pivot flank1786 reverse flank1792 wheeling flank1796 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [adverb] > on the flank a flank1548 in flank1600 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. I ij b The Master of the ordinaunce..did gall them with hailshot..and certeyn other gunners with there peces, a flanke, from our Rerewarde. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1309 Whilest he and his horsemen gaue the charge on the flanke of their battaille. 1600 in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 33 He drew vpp that squadron..to chardge them in fflancke. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 570 He scarce Had ended; when to Right and Left the Front Divided, and to either Flank retir'd. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 69 Whoever offers to approach between these towers, is exposed to be taken in flank and slain. 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Flank en potence is any part of the right or left wing formed at a right angle with the line. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 316 The enemy having it thus in their power to throw their whole force upon both flanks of this army. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vii. 271 They..were taken in flank by a troop of cavalry. < as lemmas |
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