flatling

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English flatling, flatlyng, flatlynge, (also as flatlynges), equivalent to flat +‎ -ling.

Adverb

flatling (comparative more flatling, superlative most flatling)

  1. Flatly, plainly.
  2. In a flat position.
  3. With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.5:
      Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […]
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