shamble

Definitions

1. 1.pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak.
2. 2.pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak.
3. 3.To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak called?
• What is pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak called?
• What is to walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along called?