flanco
Pronunciation: /ˈflanko/
“flanco” is a Spanish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In Spanish
- Cada una de las dos partes laterales de un cuerpo considerándolo de frente.
- Costado, lado de un buque o de un cuerpo de tropa (como de navío, batallón, escuadrón, etc.).
- Parte del baluarte que hace ángulo entrante con la cortina, y saliente con el frente.
- Cada uno de los dos muros que unen al recinto fortificado las caras de un baluarte.
Etymology
Borrowed from French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably specifically from Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible; slender”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“hip, flank, loin”), Middle High German hip, flank, loin, German Gelenk (“joint”), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid,…
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