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gambado en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.

Meanings

  1. (plural-normally) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
  2. (in-plural) gamashes; spatterdashes.
    • His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  3. A gambade (leaping movement).

Forms

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gambados Number=Plur lexicographic
gambadoes Number=Plur lexicographic

gambado en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).

Forms

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gambadoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gambadoed Tense=Past lexicographic
gambados Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gambadoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic