Meanings
nounflank speed (plural flank speeds)
plural flank speeds
- nauticalThe maximum speed of a ship.
In a magnificent beau geste, the destroyer, hopelessly trapped, turned as if to flee, threw out a smoke screen, and when the [enemy ship] charged into it, rammed her at flank speed […]
1988, William Manchester, The Last Lion, volume 2, page 635
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