The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

• What a knee-sock covers
• Cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
• Leg cut of beef
• Lamb cut
• Early part of the evening
• Hit a golf ball with the heel of the club
• Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, in golf, "to strike (the ball) with the heel of the club," from shank (n.). Related: Shanked ; shanking . Earlier as "to take to one's legs" (1774, Scottish); "to send off without ceremony" (1816).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
canon \can"on\ (k[a^]n"[u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. See Cane , and cf. ...

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