gambado
noun
either of a pair of large protective boots or gaiters fixed to a saddle instead of stirrups.
gambadoes
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pluralof gambado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His legs were defended with strong leathern gambadoes, which, according to an antiquarian contrivance, opened at the sides, and were secured by steel clasps.
From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott
By it are boots of all sizes, buskins, gamashes, brodkins, gambadoes, shoes, pumps, slippers, and every cobbled ware wrought and made steadable for the use of man.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
But his affection for him was austere and stoical, and was not shown by gambadoes, larks, and lickings.
From My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 by Théophile Gautier
The painting represented a light helmet, a gorget, a pair of arm pieces, a pair of iron gauntlets, a pair of cuirasses, a pair of cuisses and gambadoes, a sword, a knife, and a lance.
From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Giorgio Vasari
By St. Bennet's boot, And his gambadoes, I'll never do't.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Peter Anthony Motteux
