- sheep-shank (n.)
[sheep-shank 词源字典]
- also sheepshank, 1670s, "leg of a sheep," from sheep + shank (n.). A type of something lank, slender, or weak. Attested earlier in transferred sense of "type of sailor's knot used to shorten a rope without cutting it" (1620s).[sheep-shank etymology, sheep-shank origin, 英语词源]