“gambe”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

gambe

释义

gamb, gambe Her.|gæmb|
[a. OF. gambe, northern form of jambe leg: see jamb.]
The leg of an animal represented on a coat of arms.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1765 Porny Heraldry Gloss., Gamb or Gambe, an obsolete French word, signifying a Leg and used as such by Heralds for the leg of a Lion, or other Creature, born in Coats-of-arms.1800Naval Chron. III. 38 On a wreath a lion's gamb erect.1821Southey in Q. Rev. XXV. 280 [He] bade him take it [a ring] and ever after bear such a one in the fore gamb of the demy lion in his crest.1882Cussans Her. vi. (ed. 3) 87 A Leg, styled heraldically a Jambe, or Gambe, which is usually represented as erased, or torn from the body.
Hence † gambed ppl. a., having legs. Obs. rare^—1.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Cornwall i. (1662) 203 Gamb'd like a goat [L. est tibi gamba capri], sparrow-thigh'd.

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