[ˈʃambl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait
(e.g: he shambled off down the corridor)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: probably from dialect shamble ‘ungainly’, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs, with reference to the legs of trestle tables (such as would be used in a meat market: see shambles)

[ˈʃambl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a slow, shuffling, awkward gait
(e.g: they walked, side by side, in a slow shamble)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: probably from dialect shamble ‘ungainly’, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs, with reference to the legs of trestle tables (such as would be used in a meat market: see shambles)