flank
意味
- (人・動物の)横腹;わき腹の[筋]肉
- (建物・山・道路などの)わき,横側,側面
- (軍隊の編隊・配置,要塞の)右翼(または左翼)
- …の側面に置く(並べる)
例文
The horse's flanks are hurt.
その馬の両脇腹は傷ついている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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.