umbles
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of numbles.
Noun
- (archaic) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
- 1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths:
- When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [...].
Derived terms
References
- “umbles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “umbles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.