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gambs

gambs is the plural 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

Questions about gambs

What is gambs the plural of?
Gambs is the plural of gamb.

Words near gambs in the dictionary

  1. Gambrills
  2. gambrinous
  3. Gambrinus
  4. gambroon
  5. gambroons
  6. gambs
  7. Gamburtsev
  8. Gamburtsevs
  9. gambusia
  10. gambusias
  11. gamcha

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