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gambe

gambe is the alternative form of gamb.

Meaning of gamb

Noun

gamb (plural gambs)

  1. The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
    • Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules.1817, Alexander Deuchar, British Crests: containing the crests and mottos of the families of Great Britain and Ireland; together with those of the principal cities; and a glossary of heraldic terms...
  2. (slang) A person's leg; gam.
    • […] but Heavens above what a pair of gambs! Stems. What the vulgar call legs.1954, Gerald Kersh, Guttersnipe: Little Novels, page 211

Forms of gambe

pluralgambes

Questions about gambe

What is gambe the alternative form of?
Gambe is the alternative form of gamb.

Words near gambe in the dictionary

  1. gambangs
  2. Gambardella
  3. Gambardellas
  4. gambaru
  5. gambas
  6. gambe
  7. gambeer
  8. gambeers
  9. Gambel
  10. Gambel oak
  11. Gambel's quail

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