Shank

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Shank is the lower part of the leg, also called the "shin".

Shank may also refer to:

• Shank (meat), a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank)
• Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon
• Shank (sewing), such as button shanks and thread shanks
• Shank (video game), an action game
• Shank (2009 film), a British drama
• Shank (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London
• Shank, a play by Richard Vincent
• Shank, a poor golf stroke
• Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
• Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
• Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses
• Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
• SHANK1 and SHANK2, types of protein

Component parts

• Shank, a stiffener in a ballet pointe shoe
• The body of a nail
• Part of a scissors handle
• Part of a ship's anchor
• Drill bit shank, the end of a drill bit
• Part of a bulldozer ripper
• Shank (footwear) part of a shoe/boot
• Part of an aircraft propeller
• Part of a brass mouthpiece

People

• Bud Shank, an American saxophonist
• Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
• Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player
• John Shank, a 17th-century English actor
• Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series Space Cases
• David E. Shank, co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand
• Edward I, English king, known as "Longshanks," for his height.

Places

• Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
• Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
• Shanksville, Pennsylvania

See also

• Schenck
• Schenk
• Shenk
• Shanks (disambiguation)