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Webster 1913 Edition


Nombles

Nom′bles

,
Noun.
pl.
[F.
nombles
, fr. L.
lumbulus
, dim. of
lumbus
a loin. Cf.
Numbles
,
Umbles
,
Humbles
.]
The entrails of a deer; the umbles.
[Written also
numbles
.]
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nombles

NOMBLES

,
Noun.
The entrails of a deer.

Definition 2024


nombles

nombles

English

Noun

nombles pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of numbles
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Middle French

Noun

nombles m pl

  1. entrails of a pig, cow, deer etc. viewed as food

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nombles)