unshanked
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- Not shanked (in various senses).
- 1863, William Thomson, A practical treatise on the cultivation of the grape vine, page 47:
- I have known the appearances I have now described to be all present where the border was paved under the roots with stone pavement, yet there was scarcely a bunch of grapes in the house that had a dozen unshanked berries on it.
- 2010, Nathan Bowers, 4-H Guide to Training Horses, page 111:
- The unshanked snaffle bit is good for bending and getting a horse used to the feel of a bit.