¦ noun
1. a person's leg, especially the lower participle
the lower part of an animal's foreleg, especially as a cut of meat.
2. a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end.
the stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc.
the straight part of a nail or fish hook.
3. a part by which something is attached to something else.
4. the band of a ring.
5. the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe.
¦ verb Golf strike (a ball) with the heel of the club.
Derivatives
-shanked adjective
Origin
OE sceanca, of W. Gmc origin.