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Shamble

//ˈʃæmbl̩// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
  2. 2
    walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

    "I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late."

  2. 2
    walk by dragging one's feet wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

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