gamban.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡambə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmbə/,

/ˈɡɑmbə/

Forms: 1500s–1700s gambo, 1600s– gamba.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: viol da gamba n.

Etymology: Shortened < viol da gamba n.In sense 2 after German Gamba in similar use (18th cent.).

1. = viola da gamba at viola n.² 2a. Also, in early use, gamba viol. Also figurative.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > viola da gamba

viol da gamba1597

gamba1598

degamboya1625

division-viol1656

viola da (also di) gamba1724

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 28 I'le not endure that with thine instrument (Thy Gambo violl plac'd betwixt thy thighes)..Thou entertaine the time.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. 358 Some likewise there affect the Gamba with the voice, To shew that England could varietie afford.

1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 8 Fumble one with an other, on the gambos of imagination betweene their legs.

1710 in E. D. Dunbar Soc. Life Moray (1865) 15 I can..play on the Treble and Gambo, Viol, Virginelles and Manicords.

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 580/1 In the pictures of Gerard Dow, Terburg, and other great Dutch masters..we see again and again richly dressed ladies and gentlemen playing the gamba.

1966 Listener 1 Dec. 833/1 In this case they were played by a recorder, a violin, a pair of brass gambas, and a harpsichord continuo, and highly enchanting they sounded.

1988 Early Music 16 500 The gamba descends to the bass register in the middle section of the aria.

2010 P. Holman Life after Death iii. 124 Two cellists in the on-stage band, one playing the gamba.

2. An organ stop, originally resembling the viola da gamba, or later the violin or cello, in tone. Also more fully gamba stop. Cf. viol da gamba n. 2, viola n.² 1c, 2b.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > string-tone stops

viol1688

violin1688

viol da gamba1826

gamba1829

viola da (also di) gamba1852

violon1852

aeolina1855

German gamba1860

aeoline1865

viola1876

violoncello1876

1829 Reg. Pennsylvania Dec. 372/1 (table) This was the largest, and best organ in America... 10 Registers... Gamba.

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 108 Viol di gamba, or simply gamba, is one of the finest registers.

1895 Rec. Bucks. VII. 331 The organ, which fills the western tower, has been enriched with a gamba stop.

1903 C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ (App. D) 245 Bell gamba, a reedy gamba of quicker speech than that of the German gambas, though not so powerful.

1979 Early Music 7 67/2 Later, in the 19th century, the organ stop ‘gamba’ became separated from the sound of the gamba itself for organ builders no longer heard gambas played.

Compounds

General attributive and objective (in sense 1), as gamba player, gamba sonata, etc.

ΚΠ

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 21 Some grasped him about the middle,Till Bumm did sound like Gambo Fiddle.

1876 C. Engel Musical Myths & Facts I. 69 The innovation evidently did not find much favour with gamba players in general.

1894 I. S. E. Stigand tr. W. J. von Wasielewski Violoncello & its Hist. 63 After the death of the gamba player, Louis Christian Hesse, he was summoned to Potsdam to take his place as tutor to the Crown Prince of Prussia.

1970 Daily Tel. 5 May 16/2 She had used an archaic ‘outcurved’ bow to play gamba sonatas by J. S. and W. F. Bach on a modern viola.

1993 Strings Mar. 70/2 Jess Wells, a Portland-based gamba maker.

2006 New Yorker 20 Mar. 46/2 The popular Catalonian gamba player..performs folias, romanescas, and pasacalles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gamban.²

Brit.

/ˈɡambə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmbə/,

/ˈɡɑmbə/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– gamba. Plural 1600s gambae, 1600s gambaes (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin gamba.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin gamba (see jamb n.).

†1. The leg of a horse. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg

gamba1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 284 Two little ribbes from the vpper part of the thigh to the Gamba.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 284 There are two vaines..out of the Gambaes.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 285 The legges are called Gambæ of Campo, signifying treading.

2. Anatomy. The cannon bone in a horse or other ungulate. Perhaps also: the hock joint (cf. gambrel n. 2a). rare (now historical).

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal

cannon bone1755

cannon1795

gamba1842

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > foreleg > bone in

splint-bone1831

gamba1842

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > hindleg > other parts of

saddle skirt1361

molair1566

instepc1720

gamba1842

1807 W. Lawrence tr. J. F. Blumenbach Short Syst. Compar. Anat. ii. 47 The horse has a single bone (gamba, Vegetius;..in English the cannon bone or shank bone,) with a pair of much shorter and immoveable ones attached to its posterior and lateral parts.]

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 484/1 Gamba, a technical term in Mammalogy, applied by Illiger to the elongated metacarpus or metatarsus of the Ruminants and Solipeds.

1995 J. N. Adams & E. J. Brill Pelagonius & Lat. Vet. Terminol. Rom. Empire vii. 401 When describing the structure of the hind-leg, Vegetius moves from the acrocolefium (stifle) to the gamba (hock).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gamban.³

Brit.

/ˈɡambə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmbə/,

/ˈɡɑmbə/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Catalan. Etymons: Spanish gamba; Catalan gamba.

Etymology: < (i) Spanish gamba, or its etymon (ii) Catalan gamba prawn (1416), probably cognate with Spanish camarón camaron n.

Any of several large prawns and shrimps prized as a delicacy and typically served grilled; esp. the deep water rose shrimp, Parapenaeus longirostris, and the shallow water prawn, Palaemon serratus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shrimp or prawn

shrimp1327

prawn1336

prawn fish1552

crevette1878

camaron1880

gamba1950

1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain xii. 256 In the evenings ringing the changes on beer and anise, with black olives and those large prawns called gambas.

1989 Observer 16 July (Colour Suppl.) 39/4 I'll have a paella with a side dish of gambas. And don't forget the Tabasco.

2007 P. Richardson Late Dinner ii. 30 It was normal, for example, for a workingman to come in at midday and sink a few beers and a plate of gambas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1598

n.²1607

n.³1950

单词	gamba
释义	gamban.¹ Brit. /ˈɡambə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbə/, /ˈɡɑmbə/ Forms: 1500s–1700s gambo, 1600s– gamba. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: viol da gamba n. Etymology: Shortened < viol da gamba n.In sense 2 after German Gamba in similar use (18th cent.). 1. = viola da gamba at viola n.² 2a. Also, in early use, gamba viol. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > viola da gamba viol da gamba1597 gamba1598 degamboya1625 division-viol1656 viola da (also di) gamba1724 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 28 I'le not endure that with thine instrument (Thy Gambo violl plac'd betwixt thy thighes)..Thou entertaine the time. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. 358 Some likewise there affect the Gamba with the voice, To shew that England could varietie afford. 1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 8 Fumble one with an other, on the gambos of imagination betweene their legs. 1710 in E. D. Dunbar Soc. Life Moray (1865) 15 I can..play on the Treble and Gambo, Viol, Virginelles and Manicords. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 580/1 In the pictures of Gerard Dow, Terburg, and other great Dutch masters..we see again and again richly dressed ladies and gentlemen playing the gamba. 1966 Listener 1 Dec. 833/1 In this case they were played by a recorder, a violin, a pair of brass gambas, and a harpsichord continuo, and highly enchanting they sounded. 1988 Early Music 16 500 The gamba descends to the bass register in the middle section of the aria. 2010 P. Holman Life after Death iii. 124 Two cellists in the on-stage band, one playing the gamba. 2. An organ stop, originally resembling the viola da gamba, or later the violin or cello, in tone. Also more fully gamba stop. Cf. viol da gamba n. 2, viola n.² 1c, 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > string-tone stops viol1688 violin1688 viol da gamba1826 gamba1829 viola da (also di) gamba1852 violon1852 aeolina1855 German gamba1860 aeoline1865 viola1876 violoncello1876 1829 Reg. Pennsylvania Dec. 372/1 (table) This was the largest, and best organ in America... 10 Registers... Gamba. 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 108 Viol di gamba, or simply gamba, is one of the finest registers. 1895 Rec. Bucks. VII. 331 The organ, which fills the western tower, has been enriched with a gamba stop. 1903 C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ (App. D) 245 Bell gamba, a reedy gamba of quicker speech than that of the German gambas, though not so powerful. 1979 Early Music 7 67/2 Later, in the 19th century, the organ stop ‘gamba’ became separated from the sound of the gamba itself for organ builders no longer heard gambas played. Compounds General attributive and objective (in sense 1), as gamba player, gamba sonata, etc. ΚΠ 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 21 Some grasped him about the middle,Till Bumm did sound like Gambo Fiddle. 1876 C. Engel Musical Myths & Facts I. 69 The innovation evidently did not find much favour with gamba players in general. 1894 I. S. E. Stigand tr. W. J. von Wasielewski Violoncello & its Hist. 63 After the death of the gamba player, Louis Christian Hesse, he was summoned to Potsdam to take his place as tutor to the Crown Prince of Prussia. 1970 Daily Tel. 5 May 16/2 She had used an archaic ‘outcurved’ bow to play gamba sonatas by J. S. and W. F. Bach on a modern viola. 1993 Strings Mar. 70/2 Jess Wells, a Portland-based gamba maker. 2006 New Yorker 20 Mar. 46/2 The popular Catalonian gamba player..performs folias, romanescas, and pasacalles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gamban.² Brit. /ˈɡambə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbə/, /ˈɡɑmbə/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– gamba. Plural 1600s gambae, 1600s gambaes (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin gamba. Etymology: < post-classical Latin gamba (see jamb n.). †1. The leg of a horse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg gamba1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 284 Two little ribbes from the vpper part of the thigh to the Gamba. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 284 There are two vaines..out of the Gambaes. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 285 The legges are called Gambæ of Campo, signifying treading. 2. Anatomy. The cannon bone in a horse or other ungulate. Perhaps also: the hock joint (cf. gambrel n. 2a). rare (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal cannon bone1755 cannon1795 gamba1842 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > foreleg > bone in splint-bone1831 gamba1842 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > hindleg > other parts of saddle skirt1361 molair1566 instepc1720 gamba1842 1807 W. Lawrence tr. J. F. Blumenbach Short Syst. Compar. Anat. ii. 47 The horse has a single bone (gamba, Vegetius;..in English the cannon bone or shank bone,) with a pair of much shorter and immoveable ones attached to its posterior and lateral parts.] 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 484/1 Gamba, a technical term in Mammalogy, applied by Illiger to the elongated metacarpus or metatarsus of the Ruminants and Solipeds. 1995 J. N. Adams & E. J. Brill Pelagonius & Lat. Vet. Terminol. Rom. Empire vii. 401 When describing the structure of the hind-leg, Vegetius moves from the acrocolefium (stifle) to the gamba (hock). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gamban.³ Brit. /ˈɡambə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmbə/, /ˈɡɑmbə/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Catalan. Etymons: Spanish gamba; Catalan gamba. Etymology: < (i) Spanish gamba, or its etymon (ii) Catalan gamba prawn (1416), probably cognate with Spanish camarón camaron n. Any of several large prawns and shrimps prized as a delicacy and typically served grilled; esp. the deep water rose shrimp, Parapenaeus longirostris, and the shallow water prawn, Palaemon serratus. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shrimp or prawn shrimp1327 prawn1336 prawn fish1552 crevette1878 camaron1880 gamba1950 1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain xii. 256 In the evenings ringing the changes on beer and anise, with black olives and those large prawns called gambas. 1989 Observer 16 July (Colour Suppl.) 39/4 I'll have a paella with a side dish of gambas. And don't forget the Tabasco. 2007 P. Richardson Late Dinner ii. 30 It was normal, for example, for a workingman to come in at midday and sink a few beers and a plate of gambas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1598n.²1607n.³1950
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gamban.1

Compounds

gamban.2

gamban.3

gamban.¹

gamban.²

gamban.³