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Meaning of gamb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɡamb

Definitions

  1. The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
  2. A person's leg; gam.
    slang

Examples

“Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules.”
“[…] but Heavens above what a pair of gambs! Stems. What the vulgar call legs.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gamba gambada gambade gambado Gambale gambang

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