gambado
English
Etymology
From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.
Noun
gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)
- (usually in the plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
- (in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes
- Sir Walter Scott
- His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.
- Sir Walter Scott
- A gambade (leaping movement).
Verb
gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)
- (intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).