3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shamble  \Sham"ble\,  n.  [OE.  schamel  a  bench,  stool,  AS  scamel, 
  sceamol  a  bench,  form  stool,  fr  L.  scamellum  dim.  of 
  scamnum  a  bench,  stool.] 
  1.  (Mining)  One  of  a  succession  of  niches  or  platforms,  one 
  above  another,  to  hold  ore  which  is  thrown  successively 
  from  platform  to  platform,  and  thus  raised  to  a  higher 
  level. 
 
  2.  pl  A  place  where  butcher's  meat  is  sold. 
 
  As  summer  flies  are  in  the  shambles.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  pl  A  place  for  slaughtering  animals  for  meat. 
 
  To  make  a  shambles  of  the  parliament  house.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shamble  \Sham"ble\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shambled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Shambling}.]  [Cf.  OD  schampelen  to  slip,  schampen  to 
  slip  away  escape.  Cf  {Scamble},  {Scamper}.] 
  To  walk  awkwardly  and  unsteadily,  as  if  the  knees  were  weak; 
  to  shuffle  along 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shamble 
  n  :  walking  with  a  slow  dragging  motion  without  lifting  your 
  feet  [syn:  {shambling},  {shuffle},  {shuffling}] 
  v  :  walk  by  dragging  one's  feet;  "he  shuffled  out  of  the  room"; 
  "We  heard  his  feet  shuffling  down  the  hall"  [syn:  {shuffle}, 
  {scuffle}] 

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