transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsham-bəlz ]
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English shameles, plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar
Date: 15th century
1. archaic : a meat market
2. : slaughterhouse
3.
a. : a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed
the battlefield became a shambles
b. : a scene or a state of great destruction : wreckage
the city was a shambles after the bombing
c.
(1) : a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion
an economy in shambles
(2) : great confusion : mess