shank
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Other meanings
Meat from that part of an animal.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
A kind of
- cut
Related words
- catshank
- dogshank
- foreshank
- midshank
- shankless
- sheepshank
- spotshank
- toughshank
- spindleshanks
- bit shank
- ham shank
- shank-iron
Word history
From Old English "sċanca".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shank” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.