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Definition of Flanken
1. Noun. A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flanken
1. beef cut from the sides that is boiled with vegetables [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flanken
Literary usage of Flanken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of the English & German Languages by Joseph Cauvin (1870)
"To take in —, in die flanken fallen. The enemy was taken 1л —, dtr Feind wurde
umgangen. ... flanken decken; 2 (to attack), in die flanken fallen. ..."
2. The Beginnings of Christianity by Paul Wernle, Gustav Adolph Bienemann, William Douglas Morrison, Theodor Mommsen, Heinrich Kiepert, Marion J. Wright (1881)
"Archelaos zog eilig seine Reiterei von beiden flanken herbei und schickte sie
dem Feinde entgegen, um Zeit zu gewinnen seine Infanterie wieder zu ordnen; ..."