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"they attacked the enemy's right flank"nounthe side of military or naval formation
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nouna cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the legtype of:
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nouna subfigure consisting of a side of somethingtype of:
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verbbe located at the sides of something or somebodytype of:
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nounthe side between ribs and hipbone
Definition that contains flank
- outflank go around the flank of (an opposing army)
- heaves a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
- redoubt (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
- flanker a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
- gemsbuck large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
- redwing small European thrush having reddish flanks
- oryx gazella large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
- gemsbok large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
- flank steak a cut of beef from the flank of the animal
- broken wind a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks