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Flank

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Outflank

To go beyond or be superior to on the flank to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of

Bastion

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification consisting of two faces and two flanks and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain or wall

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Flanker

One who or that which flanks as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a

Heaves

A disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing with heaving of the flank wheezing flatulency and a peculiar cough broken wind

Orillon

A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank found in old fortresses

Pinnacle

a small spire used to finish a buttress to constitute a part in a proportion as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire and the like Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight where it is

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A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line or on the flank of a column of soldiers to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks

Epaule

The shoulder of a bastion or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle called the angle of the shoulder

Demigorge

Half the gorge or entrance into a bastion taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion

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