gambado
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.
Pronunciation[edit]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡæm.ˈbeɪ.dəʊ/
Noun[edit]
gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)
- (usually in the plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
- (in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.
- A gambade (leaping movement).
Verb[edit]
gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)
- (intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).