Gamb
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡamb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gamb is a noun meaning (heraldry) The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
Meaning
(heraldry) The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
More Meanings
- (slang) A person's leg; gam.
Example Sentences
[…] but Heavens above what a pair of gambs! Stems. What the vulgar call legs.
Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules.
Word Forms
- gambs
- gambe
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gambrel, gambado, garter, lambrequin, shackbolt, gablock.
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