Flank vs. Loin

The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.

The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.

A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.

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.

A lateral part or side

The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.

The right or left side of a military formation

The reproductive organs.

The right or left side of a bastion.

The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips

To protect or guard the flank of.

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

To menace or attack the flank of.

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.

To be placed or situated at the flank or side of

A cut of meat taken from this part of a food animal, as from cattle or hogs.

To put (something) on each side of

The pubic area; the genitalia, especially in women; as, receptive loins.

(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.

A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

(transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.

Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds

(transitive) To place to the side(s) of.

(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.

(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.

(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

(military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.

The side of something, in general senses.

The outermost strip of a road.

(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.

That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

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.

The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

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.

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.

The side of any building.

That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.

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.

To border; to touch.

To be posted on the side.

The side of military or naval formation;

A subfigure consisting of a side of something

A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg

The side between ribs and hipbone

Be located at the sides of something or somebody