Meanings
adverbflatling (comparative more flatling, superlative most flatling)
comparative more flatling · superlative most flatling · alternative flatlings · alternative flatlong
- With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […]
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
- Middle Englishflatling
- Englishflatling
From Middle English flatling, flatlyng, flatlynge, (also as flatlynges), equivalent to flat + -ling.
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APA
flatling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatling
MLA
“flatling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flatling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatling.
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