The shankbone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals.
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.