jan 1, 1544 - shank(s)

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The lower leg, but in the plural it was for fur taken from the legs of animals, especially black lambs, used for trimming outer garments. 1463 <i>j togam pennulatam cum buggishanks,</i> Leeds (SS30/260); 1497 <i>my cremesyn gowne furred with blake shankes</i>, York (SS53/121); 1531 <i>for iij blak-lamskynnes viijd, and for a pursell of shankes & v caulinge of shankes ijs vjd,</i> York (SS79/324); 1544 <i>one gowne purled with shankes</i>, Pontefract (Th19/106).

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