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

flanged
flangelike
flanger
flangers
flanges
flangeway
flangeways
flanging
flangs
flank
flank bone
flank incision
flank position
flank steak
flanked
flanken (current term)
flanker
flanker back
flankered
flankering
flankers
flanking
flanking region
flanking sequence
flanks
flannel
flannel-cake
flannel-mouth
flannel-mouthed
flannel bush

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; ..."

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