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flanken
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish ?????????? (flanken).
Noun
flanken (uncountable)
- A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone
Coordinate terms
- English-cut
Danish
Noun
flanken c
- definite singular of flanke
Esperanto
Etymology
flanke (“on the side”) +? -n (“lative”)
Adverb
flanken
- to the side
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flanker
English
Etymology
flank +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flæ?k?(?)/
Noun
flanker (plural flankers)
- (rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
- (American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
- (military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
- 1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, from The Portable Native American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 312,
- About two hours...they had been about the house before they prevailed to fire it (which they did with Flax and Hemp, which they brought out of the Barn, and there being no defence about the House, only two Flankers at two opposite corners and one of them not finished) they fired it once and one ventured out and quenched it, but they quickly fired it again, and that took.
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 2, p. 27,[1]
- [The planters’ houses] were frequently constructed with flankers and loopholes, for the purpose of firing upon the assailants when they approached so near.
- 1855, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Volume 1, Chapter 37, p. 278,[2]
- It was in vain they threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants; each pause gave time for other pursuers to come within reach, and open attacks from different quarters.
- 1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, from The Portable Native American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 312,
Hyponyms
- blindside flanker
- openside flanker
Translations
Verb
flanker (third-person singular simple present flankers, present participle flankering, simple past and past participle flankered)
- (obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.
- 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great
- the Castle was neither ?o weakly mann'd nor flanker'd as they were made belive
- 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great
- (obsolete) To attack sideways.
- 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, London, Chapter 3, “Of the Oak,” p. 19,[3]
- […] to my observation in our Climates, where those sharp winds do rather flanker than blow fully opposite upon our Plantations, they thrive best […]
- 1670, John Evelyn, Sylva or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, London, Chapter 3, “Of the Oak,” p. 19,[3]
Anagrams
- Falkner, Frankel
Danish
Noun
flanker c
- indefinite plural of flanke
Verb
flanker or flankér
- imperative of flankere
French
Noun
flanker m (plural flankers)
- (rugby) flanker
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
flanker m
- indefinite plural of flanke
Verb
flanker
- imperative of flankere
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