gambado

[gam-bey-doh]

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noun, plural gam·ba·dos, gam·ba·does.

a spring or leap by a horse.
a caper or antic.

Also gam·bade

[gam-beyd, -bahd] /gæmˈbeɪd, -ˈbɑd/.

Origin of gambado

1810–20; probably a pseudo-Spanish alteration of French gambade a leap or spring, perhaps < Provençal cambado, gambado, equivalent to gamb(a) leg (see jamb¹) + -ado -ade¹

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Related Words for gambade

plunge, dive, rise, upsurge, bounce, hurdle, fall, vault, drop, swerve, plummet, canter, dance, spring, bound, caper, jar, lurch, start, hop

British Dictionary definitions for gambade

gambado

noun plural -dos or -does

either of two leather holders for the feet attached to a horse's saddle-like stirrups
either of a pair of leggings

Word Origin for gambado

C17: from Italian gamba leg, from Late Latin: leg, hoof; see jamb

gambado

gambade (ɡæmˈbeɪd, -ˈbɑːd)

noun plural -bados, -badoes or -bades

dressage another word for curvet
a leap or gambol; caper

Word Origin for gambado

C19: from French gambade spring (of a horse), ultimately from Spanish or Italian gamba leg

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