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gam·bado (gam bā′dō)

noun pl. gambados -·dos or gambadoes -·does

  1. Etymology: altered < Fr gambade < Prov gambado < It gambata, a kick < gamba, leg: see gamb

    1. a curvetting leap, as by a horse
    2. a prank or antic

  2. Etymology: < It gamba, a leg

    a long legging, esp. one attached to a saddle to serve as a stirrup

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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