FLANK

I. noun see: lank Date: before 12th century 1. the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip, a cut of meat from this part of an animal, 2. side , the right or left of a formation, the area along either side of a heraldic shield, II. transitive verb Date: 1594 1. to be situated at the side of, to place something on each side of, to protect a ~ of, to attack or threaten the ~ of (as a body of troops)