What does "shamble" mean?
Shamble: pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak.
- 3.To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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