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gambadoes

gambadoes is the plural of gambado.

Meaning of gambado

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).

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Questions about gambadoes

What is gambadoes the plural of?
Gambadoes is the plural of gambado.

Words near gambadoes in the dictionary

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

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