Obs. Also 7 flasque. [ad. Fr. flasque one of the cheeks of a gun-carriage, var. of flaque plank, beam, perh. of Teut. origin; cf. Ger. flach level, flat. In 16th c. flanque (app. = ‘side piece,’ f. flanc FLANK sb.1) occurs in the same sense.] The bed in a gun-carriage.
1578. Inv. R. Wardrobe & Jewel-ho. (1815), 258. Ane flask of elme for ane moyane.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Flasque … a Carriage for Ordinance.
1721–1800. Bailey, Flask, a Bed in the Carriage of a Piece of Ordnance.
