numbles en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”).
Meanings
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(archaic, plural, plural-only) The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.
In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].
1940, TH White, The Ill-Made Knight:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nombles | alternative | lexicographic |