shank

noun

• 1 (often shanks) a person’s leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle:the old man’s thin, bony shanks showed through his trousers
• the lower part of an animal’s foreleg.
• the lower part of an animal’s foreleg as a cut of meat.

• 2the shaft or stem of a tool or implement, in particular.
• a long narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end.
• the cylindrical part of a bit by which it is held in a drill.
• the long stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc..
• the straight part of a nail or fishhook.

• 3a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button.
• the band of a ring rather than the setting or gemstone.

• 4the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe.

verb

• strike (the ball) with the heel of the club:I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder