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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Shamble

/shăm'-bəl/ · Sham·ble · IPA /ˈʃæmbl̩/
01 n. One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus…
  1. 1.
    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.(Mining)
  2. 2.
    A place where butcher's meat is sold.
    “As summer flies are in the shambles.” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
    “To make a shambles of the parliament house.” — Shak.
02 v. i. To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling
  1. 1.
    To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.