gambade
See also: gambadé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gambade.
Noun
gambade (plural gambades)
- (Scotland or obsolete) The leap of a horse.
- (Scotland or obsolete) A prank or frolic.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, OCLC 8728872, lines 47, 61–65, page 63:
- 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.- He made his hawk to fly, […]
And in the holy place (altar)
She dropped a fall of dung there
Upon my communion cloth’s face.
Such a sacrifice of praise
He made with such pranks.
- He made his hawk to fly, […]
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Synonyms
- gambado
Anagrams
- megabad
French
Etymology
See jambe (“leg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃.bad/
Audio (file) - Homophones: gambadent, gambades
Noun
gambade f (plural gambades)
- frolic, gambol
Verb
gambade
- inflection of gambader:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “gambade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.