shanked /ʃæŋkt/ adjective2 •Having a shank.'It is the top of a pearl boot button undoubtedly, I should say,' pronounced the sergeant. 'One of those metal-shanked things that they wire into the boot nowadays. […]' — 1927 •Affected with disease of the shank or footstalkYour Muscat Grapes are both shanked and scalded ; the latter can be easily remedied, but the former is more difficult. — 1904
