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▪ I. gambolling, vbl. n.|ˈgæmbəlɪŋ|
[f. gambol v. + -ing1. Some dial. glossaries give the accent as gamˈbowling.]
The action of the verb gambol.
1522Skelton Why nat to Court 70 With gambaudynge thryftlesse, With spende and waste witlesse. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cv. [ci.] 307 He..spurred his horse, so that by gambaldyng of the horse the impostume brake in his body. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. ix. 53 Not to fall to Gambolding at our owne pleasure and fansie, but to followe the way quietly which he sheweth vs. c1746Exmoor Courtship 568 (E.D.S.) Gamboyling. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. ii. (1873) 554 How great is the interval between gamboling and gambling. 1884St. James's Gaz. 26 Sept. 6/1 The brutal gambolling and the obscene language of young roughs.
▪ II. gambolling, ppl. a.|ˈgæmbəlɪŋ|
[f. gambol v. + -ing2.]
That gambols.
1552Huloet, Gambaldynge horses, beyinge ful of gambaldinge and praunsynges. 1567Triall Treas. (1850) 21 Oyes! is there any man or woman that hath lost A gambolling gelding with a graye tayle. 1830Tennyson Sea-Fairies 11 Down shower the gambolling waterfalls From wandering over the lea. |