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Flank Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Flank?
[n] the side between ribs and hipbone
[n] a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg [n] the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank" [n] a subfigure consisting of a side of something [v] be located at the sides of something or somebody Synonyms | Synonyms for Flank: wing Related Terms | Find terms related to Flank: advance against | advance upon | advocate | bank | beam | bear down upon | blade roast | border | breast | brisket | broadside | champion | Chateaubriand | cheek | chop | chuck | chuck roast | circle | circuit | circuiteer | circulate | circumambulate | circummigrate | circumnavigate | circumvent | clod | close the circle | coast | cold cuts | come full circle | compass | counterattack | cycle | defend | describe a circle | drive | edge | encircle | encompass | filet mignon | gas | girdle | girdle the globe | go about | go around | go round | go the round | guard | guard against | gyre | hand | handedness | haunch | hip | infiltrate | jowl | knuckle | lap | laterality | launch an attack | line | loin | make a circuit | many-sidedness | march against | march upon | mount an attack | multilaterality | open an offensive | orbit | outflank | planking | plate | plate piece | pot roast | profile | protect | push | quarter | rack | revolve | rib roast | ribs | roast | rolled roast | round | rump | rump roast | saddle | safeguard | screen | secure | shank | shield | shore | short ribs | shoulder | shoulder clod | side | siding | sirloin | skirt | spiral | strike | surround | temple | tenderloin | thrust | unilaterality | wheel See Also | base | body part | cut of beef | flank steak | formation | hypotenuse | lie | quadruped | subfigure Flank In Webster's Dictionary \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus
flabby, with n inserted. Cf. {Flaccid}, {Flanch}, {Flange}.]
1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of {Beef}.
2. (Mil.)
(a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as
of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme
right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to
attack him on the side.
When to right and left the front
Divided, and to either flank retired. --Milton.
(b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the
curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the
flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a
work defending another by a fire along the outside of
its parapet. See Illust. of {Bastion}.
3. (Arch.) The side of any building. --Brands.
4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line.
{Flank attack} (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or
body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or
rear.
{Flank company} (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up
on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers,
light infantry, or riflemen.
{Flank defense} (Fort.), protection of a work against undue
exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire
from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.
{Flank en potence} (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing
formed at a projecting angle with the line.
{Flank files}, the first men on the right, and the last on
the left, of a company, battalion, etc.
{Flank march}, a march made parallel or obliquely to an
enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on
the flank.
{Flank movement}, a change of march by an army, or portion of
one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or
to take up a new position.
{Flanks of a frontier}, salient points in a national
boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against
hostile incursion.
{Flank patrol}, detachments acting independently of the
column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to
secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of
the enemy.
\Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flanked} (fl[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flanking}.] [Cf. F. flanquer. See {Flank}, n., and cf. {Flanker}, v. t.] 1. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. --Pitt. 2. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of. \Flank\, v. i. 1. To border; to touch. --Bp. Butler. 2. To be posted on the side. |
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