A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk. / A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.

Alternative form of tam o'shanter (“traditional Scottish wool hat”)

(US, idiomatic) One's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride [on] shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.

A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.

plural of shank

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shank

simple past tense and past participle of shank

Having a shank. / (botany) Affected with disease of the shank or footstalk

(Cockney rhyming slang, vulgar) A wank. Masturbation.

(idiomatic, archaic) To travel on foot.