Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To fix or attach a jamb to.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEither of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace. · Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein. · Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.
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