gambado

¹ American  

[gam-bey-doh] / gæmˈbeɪ doʊ /

noun

plural

gambados, gambadoes

1. either of a pair of large protective boots or gaiters fixed to a saddle instead of stirrups.

2. any long gaiter or legging.

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gambado ² American  

[gam-bey-doh] / gæmˈbeɪ doʊ /

Also gambade

noun

plural

gambados, gambadoes

1. a spring or leap by a horse.

2. a caper or antic.

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gambado ¹ British  

/ ɡæmˈbeɪdəʊ /

noun

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

2. either of a pair of leggings

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gambado ² British  

/ ɡæmˈbeɪdəʊ, ɡæmˈbeɪd, -ˈbɑːd /

noun

1. dressage another word for curvet

2. a leap or gambol; caper

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Etymology

Origin of gambado¹

1650–60; < Italian gamb ( a ) leg + -ado -ade ¹

Origin of gambado²

1810–20; probably a pseudo-Spanish alteration of French gambade a leap or spring, perhaps < Provençal cambado, gambado, equivalent to gamb ( a ) leg ( jamb ¹ ) + -ado -ade ¹

Example Sentences

But Doctor Gambado insisted upon it, that he must ride on horseback.

From Project Gutenberg

But here we see a very different representation, both as to horse and rider, and engaged in trumpeting forth the praises of the celebrated Doctor Gambado.

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She holds a medallion of the Doctor, a striking portrait, in her right hand; and in her left, the celebrated brazen trumpet of Fame; and, no doubt, whether his angelic daughter or his faithful domestic, she was one who knew so well the admirable worth of the good physician, that she simply means to say,—"May the cheerful spirit of such good men as Doctor Gambado live for ever, and drive out of all splenetic patients, the tormenting stings of the Blue Devils."

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I must go and see my old friend Gambado; I know he is a clever man, and has paid great attention to the nervous system, I must go and see him.

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Dear Doctor Gambado,—Love and wind have triumphed.

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