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Webster 1913 Edition
Shamble
Sham′ble
,Noun.
[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
. Shakespeare
3.
pl.
A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
To make a
shambles
of the parliament house. Shakespeare