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gambado

UK/ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/

gambado noun: either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.

Noun

gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)

  1. (plural-normally) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
  2. (in plural) gamashes; spatterdashes.
    • His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
  3. A gambade (leaping movement).

Verb

gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).

gambado meaning in Bengali

gambado in Bengali

গামাশ, স্প্যাটারড্যাশ, ঝাঁপ, একটি ঝাঁপ সম্পন্ন করা

Forms of gambado

Noun
pluralgambados
pluralgambadoes
Verb
third-person singular presentgambados
present participlegambadoing
past participlegambadoed
pastgambadoed

Origin of gambado

From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.

Questions about gambado

What does gambado mean?
Gambado means either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
What is gambado in Bengali?
Gambado in Bengali is গামাশ, স্প্যাটারড্যাশ, ঝাঁপ. See Gambado meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is gambado?
Gambado can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gambado?
Gambado is pronounced /ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of gambado?
The plural of gambado is gambados.

Words near gambado in the dictionary

  1. gamba
  2. gambada
  3. gambadas
  4. gambade
  5. gambades
  6. gambado
  7. gambadoed
  8. gambadoes
  9. gambadoing
  10. gambados
  11. Gambale

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gambado (page history and authors); gambado (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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