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, The Faerie Queene, V.5:

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