noun
1. a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑hill
• Part Holonyms: ↑Northumberland
2. a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
• Syn: ↑Battle of Flodden Field
• Regions: ↑England
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
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/flod"n/, n.
a hill in NE England, in Northumberland county: the invading Scots were disastrously defeated here by the English, 1513.
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Flodden [Flodden]
a battle which took place in 1513 between the armies of England and Scotland on a hill in ↑Northumberland, near the border between the two countries. The English won the battle, and more than 10 000 Scots were killed, including their king, James IV.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.