numbles

(ˈnʌmbəlz)

pl n

(Cookery) archaic the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of a deer or other animal, cooked for food

[C14: from Old French nombles, plural of nomble thigh muscle of a deer, changed from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin; see humble pie]

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A "TO eat humble pie", meaning to admit a mistake, comes from the old English words "numbles" or "umbles", which refer to the innards or offal of animals, particularly of deer.