shanks

[cf. Brit.dial. shank leg of a stocking]

Esp. Maritimes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. pl.

leggings made from the hide, peeled off and cured, from the hind legs of a moose, caribou, etc.

Quotations

1943

Footwear was of home manufacture and consisted of moccasins, or more often shanks.

1952

The Rothesays down the road . . . wore moose shanks with the hair still on them. . . .