jamb

or jambe

[ jam ]

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noun

Architecture, Building Trades.
- either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening.
- either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
Armor. greave.

Origin of jamb

1350–1400; Middle English jambe<Middle French: leg, jamb <Late Latin gamba, variant of camba pastern, leg <Greek kampḗ bend of a limb

Other definitions for jamb (2 of 2)

jamb²

[ jam ]

verb (used with or without object), nounObsolete.

an obsolete variant of jam¹.

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How to use jamb in a sentence

Un boulet lui fraccassa le genou droit et travers le flanc du cheval alla emporter le gros de la jambe gauche.
Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 | Archibald Alison
Wylie, premier chirurgien de l'Empereur Alexandre, se hata d'amputer la jambe qui etait la plus mal traite.
Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 | Archibald Alison
Y'ay sceu l'histoire du chirurgien mesme qui coupa cette jambe et de quantit de tmoins de veu.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3) | Leonard Williams
"Jambe casse, beaucoup mal casse," explained the French scholar.
Stella Fregelius | H. Rider Haggard
Katherines gown reached her ankles; Hildas was still at the mi-jambe stage.
The Dull Miss Archinard | Anne Douglas Sedgwick

British Dictionary definitions for jamb

jamb

jambe

/ (dʒæm) /

noun

a vertical side member of a doorframe, window frame, or lining
a vertical inside face of an opening in a wall

Origin of jamb

C14: from Old French jambe leg, jamb, from Late Latin gamba hoof, hock, from Greek kampē joint

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