Flanker



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To defend by lateral fortifications.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To attack sideways.