numbles
numbles · numbleses
The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for foodThe entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, plural, plural only)The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.
Origin
From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old FrenchFrom Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”).
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