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▪ I. gambo Welsh and W. Midlands dial.|ˈgæmbəʊ| Also gamboo. A kind of sledge; a simple kind of cart or trolley. Also attrib. and Comb.
1836J. Downes Mt. Decam. I. 50 Gamboo, a sledge without wheels for bringing in the hay harvest. 1878N. & Q. 5th Ser. X. 105/1 Some Radnorshire Words... Gambo, a cart of the very simplest construction. 1887F. T. Havergal Herefordshire Words 16/1 Gambo, Gamber, or Gambrel, a cart with sides only; no front or back. 1894Hereford Times 28 July 5/6 Wanted, Timber Haulier, with four horses, waggons, and gamboes. 1945Dylan Thomas Let. 30 July (1966) 278 There's his brown hen cluck in the gambo-swished mud. 1950― in Botteghe Oscure VI. 336 Butter fat goosegirls, bounced in a gambo bed. 1951― Let. 28 May 360 The word gambo means a farm-cart. 1963W. H. Boore Valley & Shadow v. 21 Ten coaches, apart from the hearse, and a gambo from the farm to carry the overflowering of tribute. 1967Listener 16 Feb. 229/2, I unearthed a two-wheeled hay-wagon, locally known as a gambo. ▪ II. gambo obs. form of gamba2. |