Definition of Ramsheckle

Definition of Ramsheckle

Ram"shac*kle (-shăk*k'l), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.

Thackeray.

Ram"shac*kle, v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture,
otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings
of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our
earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the
White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of
the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a
brick.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

in disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles
*They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
*He entered the ramshackle bus, and was driven a long distance through very sandy streets to the hotel on the St. Lawrence.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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