shank /ʃæŋk/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: scanca ]
1 . [countable] a straight narrow part of a tool or object that connects the two ends:
a hammer shank
2 . [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal:
lamb shanks
3 . [countable usually plural] the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and ↑ ankle
4 . (on) Shanks’s pony British English old-fashioned walking, rather than using a vehicle