Flatling

Alternative forms

• flatlings

Origin

From flat + -ling.

Full definition of flatling

Adverb

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 ….