Plural of shank

regular plural

The plural of shank is shanks.

Forms of shank

One of the shot callers' responsibilities was to control the shanks within the prison population—the crude homemade knives used for stabbing another prisoner.2019, Casey Diaz, Mike Yorkey, The Shot Caller […] , Emanate Books, →ISBN, page 76
That was the end of the vehicle track: from then on it was shanks′s pony.1993, John Marsden, Tomorrow, When the War Began, page 18. From the entry shanks' pony
"I'll have you so your hams will stand out like horse's shanks!" de declared.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 165. From the entry ham
Father Fogen led the way, his skinny shanks a gleaming white as he kirtled his cassock about his thighs.1994, Diana Gabaldon, Voyager (Outlander Series; 3), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC. From the entry kirtle
Here the string is double tenoned into the shanks of both newels, also relished between tenons and pinned into the shank.1903, Fred[erick] T[homas] Hodgson, “Fourth Method: Examples of Platform Stairs”, in Common-sense Stair Building and Handrailing […]…. From the entry relish

noun The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
noun Meat from that part of an animal.
noun A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

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