Shamble Definition

shămbəl
shambled, shambles, shambling
verb
shambled, shambles, shambling
To walk in a lazy or clumsy manner, barely lifting the feet; shuffle.
Webster's New World
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noun
A shuffling gait.
American Heritage
A shambling walk.
Webster's New World

(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

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Origin of Shamble

  • Probably from obsolete shamble awkward, ungainly from Middle English schamil butcher's table shambles

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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