numbles

American  

[nuhm-buhlz] / ˈnʌm bəlz /

Or nombles

plural noun

1. certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.

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numbles British  

/ ˈnʌmbəlz /

plural noun

1. archaic the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of an deer or other animal, cooked for food

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Etymology

Origin of numbles

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French nombles fillet of venison, plural of nomble, dissimilated variant of *lomble < Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin. See lumb-, -ule

Example Sentences

She demanded other dishes, special preparations, sauces g/acees, a blanquette of veal seasoned with oysters, chapon Flandrois in white wine, pluck and numbles rubbed with Ceylon herbs.

From Literature

The heads, fins, and numbles were taken in addition.

From Project Gutenberg

Numbles, num′bls, n.pl. the entrails of a deer.

From Project Gutenberg

As by the holy blode of Christe, his woundes whiche for our redemption he paynefully suffred, his glorious harte, as it were numbles chopped in pieces.

From Project Gutenberg

They washed together and wip-ed both, And set to their dinere; Bread and wine they had enough, And numbles of the deer; Swans and pheasants they had full good, And fowls of the rivere; There fail-ed never so little a bird, That ever was bred on brere.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• guts
• insides