gambado

English edit

Etymology edit

From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡæm.ˈbeɪ.dəʊ/

Noun edit

gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)

(usually in the plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
(in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.
A gambade (leaping movement).

Verb edit

gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)

(intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).