† ˈflankard Obs. Hunting.
[a. OF. (noeud) flancar(d, f. flanc flank. Cf. flancard.]
See quot. 1576; also ? transf. a wound in the side.
| 1567 Harman Caveat (Shaks. Soc.) 29 Some preuye wounde festred with a fylthy firy flankard. 1576 Turberv. Venerie 128 Two [knottes or nuttes] whiche are in the flankes of the Deare and are called flankardes. 1616 in Bullokar. |