Flank vs. Loin

Flank and Loin Definitions
Flank
The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.
Loin
The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.
Flank
A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
Loin
One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken.
Flank
A lateral part or side
The flank of a mountain.
Loin
The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.
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Flank
The right or left side of a military formation
An attack on both flanks.
Loin
The reproductive organs.
Flank
The right or left side of a bastion.
Loin
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
Flank
To protect or guard the flank of.
Loin
Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
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Flank
To menace or attack the flank of.
Loin
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.
Flank
To be placed or situated at the flank or side of
Two stone lions flanked the entrance.
Loin
A cut of meat taken from this part of a food animal, as from cattle or hogs.
Flank
To put (something) on each side of
Flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.
Loin
The pubic area; the genitalia, especially in women; as, receptive loins.
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Flank
(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
Loin
A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
Flank
(transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
Loin
Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
Flank
(transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
Flank
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
Flank
(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
Flank
(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
Flank
(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
Flank
(military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
Flank
The side of something, in general senses.
Flank
The outermost strip of a road.
Flank
(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
Flank
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Flank
Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
All ahead flank!
Flank
The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
Flank
The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
When to right and left the front
Flank
That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
Flank
The side of any building.
Flank
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Flank
To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.
Flank
To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
Flank
To border; to touch.
Flank
To be posted on the side.
Flank
The side of military or naval formation;
They attacked the enemy's right flank
Flank
A subfigure consisting of a side of something
Flank
A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
Flank
The side between ribs and hipbone
Flank
Be located at the sides of something or somebody