FLANK

[verb], [noun] - (to be at) the side of someone or something The president was flanked on both sides by senior ministers. [T]Police motorcyclists flanked the car. [T]The general concentrated his attack on the left flank of the opposing army. [C]A small group of houses clings to the eastern flank of the mountain. [C]The flank of an animal or a person is the area of the body between the ribs and the hips.