shanked, a.
(ʃæŋkt)
[f. shank n. and v. + -ed.]
a. Furnished with, or having a shank or shanks (in any sense).
| 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 74 His art [was] shanked like a lath. 1600 Surflet Country Farm iii. xxviii. 486 The best of all the rest, is the short shanked apple. 1676 Lond. Gaz. No. 1057/4 Lost.., one single Rose Diamond set in a Ring close shankt. 1683 Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ¶7 To large Paper he chuses Short Shanked Points, and to small Paper Long Shanked Points. 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. ii. 53 Industrious research discovered..three shanked buttons entire. |
b. [f. shank v. 2.] Affected with shanking.
| 1882 Garden 3 June 388/3, I completely got rid of shanked berries. 1901 Gard. Chron. 16 Mar. 175/2 We could never get a crop of Black Hamburgh Grapes without some shanked bunches. |