SHAMBLES


Meaning of SHAMBLES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈʃæmblz ]

n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 colloq. a mess or muddle (the room was a shambles). 2 a butcher's slaughterhouse. 3 a scene of carnage. [pl. of shamble stool, stall f. OE sc(e)amul f. WG f. L scamellum dimin. of scamnum bench]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.