Pawn a knuckle of meat (4)
I believe the answer is:
hock
'pawn' is the definition.
(hock can mean to pawn an item at a pawnbroker's)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hock that I've seen before include "Dry Rhine wine" , "Dry white wine" , "Dry wine; joint; pawn" , "German wine -- horse's back 'ankle'" , "to leave with uncle" .)