Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc. · A person's leg; gam.
From Middle French gambe (variant of jambe) from Late Latin gamba (hoof, leg, shank). Doublet of jamb, gamba, and gam.
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