umbles
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Variant of numbles.
Noun edit
umbles pl (plural only)
- (archaic) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
- 1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths:
- When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [...].
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “umbles”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “umbles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.