The area in affected female legs where the calf meets the foot in an abrupt, nontapering terminus; medical cause: adipose tissue surrounding the soleus tendon, probably congenital, worsened by weight gain and improved in appearance only by boots. From the English "calf" meaning wide portion of the lower leg, and "ankle" meaning slender joint of leg with foot.
If I didn't have cankles, I might be able to wear those Prada loafers with my capri pants.
A cankleboot is a term used to describe the unfortunate effect of ankle boots creating the visual effect of the wearers calf and ankle merging into one cankle. This often occurs when the boot is the right size for the wearers foot but is too small for the wearers calf.
"Omg you can't wear those they are cankelboots" or " Do these look like cankelboots on me?" Or " I feel so self-conscious in my cankelboots'