- shank bone
- noun
Etymology: Middle English shanke bon, from shanke shank + boon, bon bone: tibia 1a
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shank bone
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shank|bone — «SHANGK BOHN», noun. the shinbone of an animal … Useful english dictionary
shank-bone — … Useful english dictionary
Shank — Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. [root]161. Cf. {Skink}, v.] 1. The part of the leg from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shank painter — Shank Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. [root]161. Cf. {Skink}, v.] 1. The part of the leg from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bone — {{11}}bone (n.) O.E. ban bone, tusk, from P.Gmc. *bainam (Cf. O.Fris. ben, O.N. bein, Dan. ben, Ger. Bein). No cognates outside Germanic (the common PIE root is *os ; see OSSEOUS (Cf. osseous)); the Norse, Dutch, and German cognates also mean… … Etymology dictionary
Shank — This unusual and long established surname is of Anglo Saxon, and is now confined chiefly to northern English and Scottish regions. Shanks or Shank is a nickname for someone with particularly long legs, or some peculiarity of gait. The derivation… … Surnames reference
shank — [OE] Shank originally meant ‘leg’, or more specifically ‘shin’ (Edward I of England was nicknamed ‘Longshanks’ on account of his long legs). The word goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *skangkan, which also produced Dutch schenk ‘leg bone’… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
shank — [OE] Shank originally meant ‘leg’, or more specifically ‘shin’ (Edward I of England was nicknamed ‘Longshanks’ on account of his long legs). The word goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *skangkan, which also produced Dutch schenk ‘leg bone’… … Word origins
shank — n. 1 a the leg. b the lower part of the leg; the leg from knee to ankle. c the shin bone. 2 the lower part of an animal s foreleg, esp. as a cut of meat. 3 a shaft or stem. 4 a the long narrow part of a tool etc. joining the handle to the working … Useful english dictionary
Canon bone — Can on bone [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See {canon}.] (Anat.) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
