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shank-bone
The tibia of an animal.
a1330Otuel 796 Wiþ þe fal þe steede a noon, To-barst þat o sschanke bon. a1552Leland Itin. (1768) V. 65 A broken Shank Bone of a Horse. 1659Comenius' Gate Lang. Unlocked Foundation T, They also played on flutes made of the shank bones of Cranes. 1747H. Glasse Cookery 24 Take off the Skin..and the Shank Bone with it at the End [of a shoulder of mutton]. 1867Baker Nile Tribut. ix. (1872) 150, I took a good drink through my gazelle shank⁓bone. |