What does "gamb" mean?

The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.

What is a synonym for "gamb"?

Common synonyms include: ankle, calf, drumstick, gam, gambrel, ham.

//ɡamb// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
"Vachell, Eng. a bull's gamb in pale, couped, argent. […] Vaughan of Littleton, Middlesex, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human heart, gules."
2
A person's leg; gam. slang
"[…] 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."

From Middle French gambe (variant of jambe) from Late Latin gamba (hoof, leg, shank). Doublet of jamb, gamba, and gam.

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