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gamboln. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French gambade. Etymology: < Middle French gambade (French gambade ) leap or spring, especially one expressing joy or excitement (c1450) < either Italian gambata (although this is not attested until the 16th cent.) or Occitan cambado , gambado (17th cent., but probably earlier, in view of the word's wide regional distribution); ultimately a derivative formation (compare -ade suffix) < either Italian gamba or its cognate Old Occitan camba leg (see jamb n.). Compare gambado n.1The β. forms show remodelling as a result of association with words ending in the Middle French suffix -aud , -auld , -ault , such as ribald n.; compare also γ. forms at admiral n. The γ. forms show variants of the β. forms with loss of the final consonant; compare curtal n. or γ. forms at ribald n. and adj. For further altered forms see gambado n.1, gamond n. Quot. 1831 at sense 2aα. shows an archaizing revival of the α. forms (compare also Scott's use of the contemporary French form gambade : see quot. 1821 at gambade n. 1a). the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap c1503 J. Younge Fyancells of Margaret in (1770) IV. 281 The said Lord..maid his Devor at the Departynge, of Gambads and Lepps. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) cxiii. 396 Not one scapyd alyue, excepte Barnarde, who was on ye pusaunt hors Amphage: for the gambaudes and worke that he made, none Almayne durste aproche nere hym. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lv. 187 Then he cam to kyng yuoryn with .xx. gambaudes. 1667 Duke of Newcastle ii. 158 Seeing is all the Art when they Teach Horses Tricks, and Gambals, like Bankes's Horse. 1791 Oct. 295/2 By this manner of holding the bridle..your horse may go on some time, or play what gambols he pleases. 1833 A. Anderson tr. A. Berquin (rev. ed.) III. 282 Our horses..were giving up the right-hand side of the road, and complimenting them with fifty gambols and curvets. 1913 D. Potter & E. Barron xlii. 332 He laid a restraining hand on the bridle of her rather skittish horse... ‘I wish you hadn't come on that Australian today,’ he said, after a gambol more lively than usual. ‘He's a little too full of ginger.’ 2. society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper α. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant (de Worde) lviii. sig. O.iii Whan folkes be replete with mete and drynke ye shall se them daunce and skyppe in makynge grete gambades by inly talente as wel men as women. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil xiii. ix. 107 And gan do dowbill brangillis and gambatis [v.r. gambettis]..Athir throu other reland, on thair gys. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) lxiii. sig. Oiiiv Than came forth Juglers with theyr fals castes..& damoyselles wyth theyr gambawdes. ?1578 W. Patten 24 Such feats of agilityee, in..leaps, skips, springs, gambauds, soomersauts, caprettez & flyghts. 1644 D. Buchanan (rev. ed.) i. 16 He leapt up merrily upon the Scaffold, and casting a gambade, said, Where are the rest of the Players? 1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in 4th Ser. II. 110 In this last gambaud the torch which he bore was extinguished. society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic 1573 J. Bridges sig. n.iiij What shame is in this impudent mannes face..to score and sette out suche thinges for vntruthes,..and to make suche a tryumphante gambolde, and pyping vp of a round as hee doth thereon. 1593 G. Harvey 15 To teach his mother-tongue such lusty gambolds. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 93 Those crisped snaky golden locks which maketh such wanton gambols with the wind. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson I. xxxi. 139 I am but a silly poor Girl, set up by the Gambol of Fortune, for a May-game. 1768 A. Tucker II. iii. xxvi. 291 The flighty gambols of chance are objects of no science, nor grounds of any dependence whatever. 1807 20 Mar. 109 The eccentric gambols of the famous comet. 1824 W. Irving I. 65 There was a gambol carrying on within, enough to have astonished St. Anthony himself. 1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg 14 From wanton gambols taking rest In a bed of flowers lay the brook. 1911 O. Kildare & L. Kildare xviii. 281 Little of this gambol of the sunbeams was seen by Nora. 2000 M. Winter iii. 81 He has a way of using phrases that are not cliché but are found in phrase books, a conversational gambol using more intelligent clichés. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games for specific occasions > [noun] 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey 33 Shall I nowe by the way sende you a Ianuarie gift in Aprill: and as it were shewe you a Christmas Gambowlde after Easter? 1609 T. Dekker 4 Syluanus, I inuoke thy assistance; thou that first taughtest Carters to weare hob-nailes, and Lobs to play Christmas gambols. 1665 J. Crowne ii. 154 [She] tumbled her Grandam with her heels over her head, in the manner of a Christmas gambole. 1706 (new ed.) Gambols, certain Sports or Tumbling Tricks in use about Christmas-time. 1712 J. Addison No. 269. ¶8 If they had not good Cheer, warm Fires, and Christmas Gambols to support them. 1791 I. xiv. 102 They took the hint..and returned to their Whitsun gambols. 1815 W. Scott iii. xxviii. 117 How there the Easter-gambols pass. 1846 (ed. 4) 191/1 During Christmas, or other holiday gambols, it is customary with many to light one of these [sc. an explosive pastille]. 1894 Jan. 84 At the close of the Midsummer gambols all the fairies were grouped in front. 1935 J. Masefield iii. 68 But I interrupt your Christmas gambols, and if the man is gone I must go too. 2009 K. Sturtevant ix. 103 But my greatest duty was to wait upon his will and whim whilst he prattled in the coffeehouses and taverns, or played at Christmas gambols late into the night with his friends. society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [noun] 1579 J. Harmar tr. J. Calvin iv. f. 30 Our God declareth himselfe vnto vs..we are not to make toyes and gambaldes of those things he shall speake. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 309 b To hang pelting gamboldes upon them [sc. images of saints], made of waxe, wood, ledd, or other metall. 1630 J. Taylor Vertue of Tayle in ii. 133/1 A pretty gamball, cal'd a Swing. Compoundssociety > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. iv. 253 Such other gambole faculties a has that show a weake minde, and an able bodie. View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 132 Other were full of their gamboll-tricks, each man having his severall Posture. 1664 H. More 447 It look'd alwaies to me so like a gambal trick, that I could not but place it among the earlier Legends or pious Fictions of the Church. 1707 T. D'Urfey 71 She..Most neatly tript it [sc. a Cheshire Round] now, with Squeaks, Wild Antick Turns, and Gambol Tricks. 1831 J. N. Mosby 71 Thus often have I watch'd their frolic sports, And been diverted with their gambol play. 1882 (1883) 6 Poor Puss! domesticated pretty Puss! Content at home to stay; Thy pleasure's shown in gambol tricks. 1957 E. O. James vi. 150 This celebrated scene has called forth a variety of conjectural interpretations ranging from that of a phallic cult to a gambol dance. 1987 R. Bradbury 'Tain't no Sin in Their gambol-dances and ghost romances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gambolv.Inflections: Present participle gambolling, (chiefly U.S.) gamboling; past tense and past participle gambolled, (chiefly U.S.) gamboled; Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Or perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymons: gambol n.; French gambader. Etymology: Probably partly (i) < gambol n. (compare forms at that entry); and partly (ii) < Middle French gambader (1532; perhaps 1425 as gambadir in a Swiss text; French gambader). the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance ?1507 C. Brandon et al. (de Worde) sig. A.iiiv On horses gambawdynge wonderously That it semed..That they wolde haue hanged styll in the skye. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lv. 187 When the horse felte the sporres he began to lepe & gambaud & galop as it had ben the thonder. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in 1st Ser. II. 62 The steed..gambolled hither and thither to the great amusement of all spectators. 1856 Aug. 453/2 Very dexterously she managed the reins as she rode, making the spirited creature beneath her gambol and curvet to the proudly graceful extent of her management. 1924 June 207 He snorts, backs, swerves, carricoles, pawing the sand, gamboling in the twilight of these Yankee gods. 1969 tr. A. Podhajsky 18 With the exception of slight attempts to gambol there were no more fits of bucking. 2. society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > specific movements the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper 1508 J. Fisher sig. pp.ii Redy at all tymes..to daunce, to gambaude, to lepe, & to synge. 1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara vii. f. f.vv O happy man of ye village, that..hath in stede of these Idolatries for a happy solace,..dogges to runne, Lambes to leape, Kyddes to gambolde. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 157 Be kinde and curteous to this gentleman, Hop in his walkes, and gambole in his eyes. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton iv. 345 Bears, Tygers, Ounces, Pards Gambold before them. View more context for this quotation 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in 206 Their Pigmy King, and little Fairy Queen, In circling Dances gambol'd on the Green. 1792 iv. 76 The noble Sphinx gamboling like the huge leviathan. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton i. i The urchins gambolled round the grave-stones on the Sabbath. 1850 Ld. Tennyson xxx. 48 At our old pastimes in the hall We gambol'd, making vain pretence Of gladness. View more context for this quotation 1905 14 Mar. 6/7 The lamb..gambols about the farm in as brisky a manner as any of its companions. 1991 A. Carter (1992) i. 27 We saved a lot of wear and tear on clothes and often gambolled naked in the backyard. 2005 J. Goodall et al. v. 69 Cows need to graze on green grass while their calves gambol in the morning sun. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 135 I..the matter will reword, which madnesse Would gambole from. View more context for this quotation 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in (1808) VIII. 418 A nation, gamboling in an ocean of superfluity. 1824 W. Scott 4 Apr. (1935) VIII. 247 I have gamboled a little in the entrance hall..which I know was not in very good taste when I did it. 1856 R. A. Vaughan (1860) I. 248 Our little world has been gambolling like children let loose from school. 1890 T. De W. Talmage 107 The current is greatly accelerated and then goes gamboling into Lake Gennesaret. 1948 7 25 Electric action..and similar delights enable modern organists to gambol through Bach fugues at a hair-raising speed. 2001 K. Lette 69 My husband's eyeballs pogoed out of their sockets and boinged! into her bra cups, where they gambolled around in the throes of ecstasy before boomeranging back socketwards. the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > chirp or sing a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II cccxliv, in (1878) III. 223 The Pye but chatters to a Country Cure, And gambolls wth the Sparrowes in a Bush, Rude Rhetoricke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1503v.?1507 |
