Shank

Shank may refer to:

Objects

• Shank (footwear), part of a shoe or boot
• Shank (sewing), a spacing device
• Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon
• Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses
• Tang (tools), the back portion of the blade component of a tool
• Drill bit shank, the non-cutting end of a drill bit
• Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope

Art and entertainment

• 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
• Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series Space Cases
• "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from Bo Diddley's a Twister

Places

• Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
• Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
• Forward Operating Base Shank, a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank)
• Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Other uses

• Another name for the lower leg in humans
• Tibia, one of the two main bones of the leg
• Shank (meat), a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank)
• Shank, a poor golf stroke
• Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
• Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
• Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
• SHANK1, SHANK2, and SHANK3, types of protein

People with the name

• Bud Shank, an American saxophonist
• Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
• Daniel Shank, a Canadian ice hockey player
• Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player
• John Shank, a 17th-century English actor
• David E. Shank, co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand
• Charles V. Shank, physicist, inventor of femtosecond lasers

See also

• Schenck
• Schenk
• Shenk
• Shanks (disambiguation)