flatling

English

Alternative forms

• flatlings
• flatlong

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, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […]