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gambados

gambados 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 gambados

What is gambados the plural of?
Gambados is the plural of gambado.

Words near gambados in the dictionary

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

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