n.
- a person's leg, especially the lower part.
▸the lower part of an animal's foreleg, especially as a cut of meat.
- a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end.
▸the stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc.
▸the straight part of a nail or fish hook.
- a part by which something is attached to something else.
- the band of a ring.
- the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe.
v.
Golf strike (a ball) with the heel of the club.
Derivative
Etymology
OE sceanca, of W. Gmc origin.
