Gambade

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The leap of a horse. Scotland, obsolete
  2. 2
    A prank or frolic. Scotland, obsolete

    "He made his hawke to fly, […] And in the holy place She mutyd there a chase Upon my corporas face. Such sacrificium laudis He made with suche gambawdis."

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"He made his hawke to fly, […] And in the holy place She mutyd there a chase Upon my corporas face. Such sacrificium laudis He made with suche gambawdis."

Etymology

Borrowed from French gambade.

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