shamble
sham·ble
Shambling, awkward, ungainlyShambling, awkward, ungainly; distorted, ill-shapen, wry.
US/ˈʃeə̯mbəl/
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable, rare)Shambling, awkward, ungainly; distorted, ill-shapen, wry.
His awkward stagger is due to his shamble legs.
Origin
From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench,From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with West Frisian skammel (“shamble, trestle, stool", also (in the plural) "legs, especially when showing defects or deformities”), Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).
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