English Dictionary

flanker

/ˈflæŋkə(ɹ)/

noun

(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.

The flanker made a great interception during the game.

意味（1）

(rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.

意味（2）

(American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.

意味（3）

(military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.

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.