Sham"ble (?), n. [OE. schamel a
bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool,
fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches
or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown
successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher
level.
2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is
sold.
As summer flies are in the
shambles.
Shak.
3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals
for meat.
To make a shambles of the parliament
house.
Shak.
Sham"ble, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Shambled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shambling (?).] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip,
schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble,
Scamper.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the
knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Sham"ble (?), n. [OE. schamel a
bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool,
fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches
or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown
successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher
level.
2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is
sold.
As summer flies are in the
shambles.
Shak.
3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals
for meat.
To make a shambles of the parliament
house.
Shak.
Sham"ble, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Shambled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shambling (?).] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip,
schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble,
Scamper.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the
knees were weak; to shuffle along.