shank

The Five-Pocket Tote has classic denim details such as belt loops, shank buttons and bar tack stitching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

There, workers methodically dismantle carcasses into primal cuts: chuck, rib, loin, flank, shank.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024

A wild drive on the seventh and a shank out of a bunker at the next opened up the tournament.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

The shoes feature an all-over sandy suede, with gold and jade accents on the shank plate and outsole.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

She told the story of a young wolf who had brought the lost girl a shank of meat, and ended the performance with a Kapu-like caper.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

But under pressure from the defender, Brewster shanks his shot well wide.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

Levine suggests using the mirepoix in braised lamb shanks with shelled peas and lettuce.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023

Twenty-five of the nails were headless and deliberately bent at right angles; the others were complete roundheaded nails with the shanks twisted multiple times.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

“Our table never just had Vietnamese food — we would have spring rolls with fish sauce and then lamb shanks, Lebanese bread and hummus all on the same table,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

The mare jingled the steel shanks of the bit with her grazing, and he remembered the sound of the bells in late November, when the air carried the jingling like snowflakes in the wind.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

In a nervy start to the tie-break, Gauff shanked a second-serve return wide before snatching a backhand volley into the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

If not, it will be the biggest miss since Diana Ross shanked her try from the penalty spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

They’d responded to the opening Hawkeye score with a sloppy three-and-out series, followed by a shanked punt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

The Canadian claimed the ball had hit the frame of Draper's racket and then the floor on match point, saying his opponent "shanked it on the floor", though the umpire disagreed.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

He counted the buttons, rubbing favourite specimens upon the sleeve or his coat, and admiring the crests upon the “liverys,” and the shanked and pearl buttons.

From A Little World by George Manville Fenn

The first time a World Cup game was played in the U.S., the opening ceremony featured Oprah Winfrey tumbling off a stage and Diana Ross shanking a penalty shot several yards wide of the goal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

He is more likely to expire on the back nine of a golf course after shanking a par 5 off the tee than any man I’ve ever known.

From Salon ● May 15, 2025

He told reporters on Thursday that he had been suffering with back spasms along with soreness in his surgically repaired leg after uncharacteristically shanking an approach on the 18th.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

Whether improperly closing a door or shanking a kick in soccer, our brains tell us when we've made a mistake because these sounds differ from what we expect to hear.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023

The next process is that of shanking, or attaching small metal loops, by which they are fastened to garments.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters