shank

Definitions

• The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
• Meat from that part of an animal.
• (ornithology) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
• A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
• The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
• The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
• A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
• The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
• (sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
• (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon; a shiv.
• A loop forming an eye to a button.
• (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
• (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
• (printing) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
• (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
• Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
• The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
• The main part or beginning of a period of time.