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flanning

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[flan-ing] / ˈflæn ɪŋ /

noun

  1. Architecture. the splay of a sconcheon.

Etymology

Origin of flanning

1840–50; dial. flan to splay + -ing 1

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I recklect there was at our school, in Smithfield, a chap of this milksop, spoony sort, who appeared among the romping, ragged fellers in a fine flanning dressing-gownd, that his mama had given him.

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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