flank
noun
[ flaŋk ]
• the side of a person's or animal's body between the ribs and the hip.
• "leaning against his horse's flanks"
• the right or left side of a body of people such as an army, a naval force, or a soccer team.
• "the left flank of the Russian Third Army"
flank
verb
• be on each or on one side of.
• "the three defendants stood in the dock, flanked by police officers"
Similar:
edge,
bound,
line,
border,
fringe,
skirt,
be situated along,
surround,
circle,
ring,
circumscribe,
Origin:
late Old English, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin.
