numbles

or nom·bles

[ nuhm-buhlz ]
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plural noun
  1. certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.

Origin of numbles

1
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

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British Dictionary definitions for numbles

numbles

/ (ˈnʌmbəlz) /


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

Origin of numbles

1
C14: from Old French nombles, plural of nomble thigh muscle of a deer, changed from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin; see humble pie

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