different between shamble vs shabble

English

Etymology

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English s?eamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æmbl?/

Verb

shamble (third-person singular simple present shambles, present participle shambling, simple past and past participle shambled)

1. To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

   I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.

Synonyms

• shuffle

Translations

Noun

shamble (plural shambles)

1. (mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

See also

• shambles

Anagrams

• hambles

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch sabel.

Noun

shabble (plural shabbles)

1. (Scotland) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.

Anagrams

• habbles