Shambles

//ˈʃæmbəlz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scene of great disorder or ruin. countable, uncountable

    "Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?"

  2. 2
    a building where animals are butchered wordnet
  3. 3
    A great mess or clutter. countable

    "This bedroom is a shambles."

  4. 4
    a condition of great disorder wordnet
  5. 5
    A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation. countable
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  1. 6
    A slaughterhouse. countable
  2. 7
    A butcher's shop. archaic, countable

    "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

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