Synonyms:
flank, wing
Meaning: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
flank
Meaning: be located at the sides of something or somebody
Usage examples
The left flank..." here the officer paused.
So the lad did that; but in spite of all the pains he took, he still spilt one drop on the horse's flank.
So the lad did that; but in spite of all the pains he took, he still spilt one drop on the horse's flank.
However, when he sought to unseat his rider by brushing against the trunk of a large tree, he again felt the sting of the quirt on his flank.
The geraniums blooming in the starch boxes in the window, the aged goldfish occasionally turning his iridescent flank to catch a sudden glow of the setting sun.
Centre and right the Wessex guard Grew pale for doubt and fear, And the flank failed at the advance, For the death-light on the wizard lance-- The star of the evil spear.
Yesterday our left flank was there at Shevardino, you see, where the oak is, but now we have withdrawn our left wing--now it is over there, do you see that village and the smoke?
Buttresses flank the doorway on this side, dying away into the general thickness of the wall above the arch by a kind of roofing of broad flat stones that lay back at an easy pitch.
Our right flank is over there"--he pointed sharply to the right, far away in the broken ground--"That's where the Moskva River is, and we have thrown up three redoubts there, very strong ones.
Shielded by the forest, Jackson marched his gray columns rapidly to the left along the narrow country roads until he was square on the flank of the Union right wing, which was held by the Eleventh Corps, under Howard.