Hamble

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. transitive
  3. 3
    To walk lame; limp. intransitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Hampshire, England.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Hamble-le-Rice: a village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Synonyms

All synonyms
hamble-le-rice

Etymology

From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”).

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