Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
To attack the flank(s) of. · To defend the flank(s) of. · To place to the side(s) of. · To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip. · A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. · The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc. · The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
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- Inherited-form mentionflancenm
- Inherited-form mentionflancang · flank
- Derivation mentionflancfro
- Derivation mention*hlankugmw-pro · bend, curve, hip, flank
- Derivation mention*hlankazgem-pro · flexible, sleek, bendsome
- Derivation mention*kleng-ine-pro · to bend
- Cognate mentionhlancagoh
- Cognate mentionlankegml
- Cognate mentionhlancang
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