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单词 flanker
释义 flanker
I. flank·er \-kə(r)\ noun
(-s)
: one that flanks: as
 a. : something that adjoins on the side (as a fort commanding the flank of an assailing force); especially : a lateral wing of a building
  < the great kitchen took up most of the long west flanker >
 b. : men so posted or marched as to protect the flank of a column on the march
 c. chiefly Britain : a driver posted on the flank of the line of a grouse drive to turn birds that tend to break away
 d. West : a cowhand who throws a roped calf on its side for branding
 e. : an animal (as a sheep) that stays off to one side of a grazing herd
 f. : a football player who takes a place on the line to the right of the right end or to the left of the left end
II. flank·er transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
obsolete : to defend or support by flankers
III. flan·ker noun
(-s)
Etymology: obsolete flanker, v., to sparkle
: a large spark thrown off by a wood fire especially up a chimney
IV. flanker noun
or flanker back
: a football player stationed wide of the formation ; especially : an offensive halfback who lines up on the flank slightly behind the line of scrimmage and serves chiefly as a pass receiver
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