[f. FLANK v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Flanked Angle, the Angle made by the two Faces of the Bastion. Ibid. Flank’d or Double Tenaille. See Tenaille.
1828. J. M. Spearman, Brit. Gunner (ed. 2), 44. The barbette batteries must be established in the flanked angles of the bastions.
