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Word Origin & History

late Old English flanc "fleshy part of the side," from Old French flanc, probably from Frankish *hlanca (cf. Old High German (h)lanca, Middle High German lanke "hip joint," German lenken "to bend, turn, lead"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). The military sense is first attested 1540s, as is the verb. Related: Flanked; flanking.

Example Sentences for flanking

A flanking column, coming from the Drina, had arrived at Slepehevitch.

Only the chancel with its flanking chapels and the transept have been built.

We go out by an entrance on to a bastion, flanking the gate.

This was built in zigzag shape, so that a flanking fire could be kept up from it.

Flanking them were two smaller figures, one above the other.

Scouts were sent ahead, and flanking parties were thrown out.

He won his great victory, losing nothing, by flanking the position.

I turned back and drew Penfentenyou into the side of the flanking hedge.

There were the flanking ships and all the martial array of the fleet.

The composition is completed by a wall with parapet and flanking towers.

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adjective. sideways

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