shank

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

Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank […]

Meat from that part of an animal.

A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

The honest, rough piece of iron, so simple in appearance, has more parts than the human body has limbs: the ring, the stock, the crown, the flukes, the palms, the shank. All this, according to the journalist, is “cast” when a ship arriving at an anchorage is brought up.

The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.

To travel on foot.

To stab, especially with an improvised blade.

To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.

To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.

Bad.