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Definition of Flatling
1. adv. With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.
Definition of Flatling
1. Adverb. Flatly, plainly. ¹
2. Adverb. In a flat position. ¹
3. Adverb. With the flat part of a sword. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flatling
1. with a flat side or edge [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatling
Literary usage of Flatling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"But at the last this knight smote Sir Mador grovelling upon the earth, and the
knight stepped near him to have pulled Sir Mador flatling upon the ground ..."
2. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1866)
"... him such a buffet upon the helme that hee fell flatling to the ground, and
therewith hee strod to him for to have pulled off his helme from his head. ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans by Plutarch, Donato Acciaiuoli, Simon Goulart (1895)
"... in stead whereof I have set flatling blowes, for flattering browes, observing
the grace of lisping, as neere as I could, like to the Latin and French ..."
4. The Boy's King Arthur: Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and by Sidney Lanier, Thomas Malory (1880)
"But at last this knight smote Sir Mador grovelling upon the earth, and the knight
stepped near him to have pulled Sir Mador flatling upon the ground ..."
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