See Also: gambade(dictionary)

gambade (iou)



gambade noun & verb. E16.
[French, from Italian gambata, from gamba leg: see -ADE. Cf. GAMBADO noun2, GAMBOL noun & adjective.]
A. noun. A leap or bound (of a horse); a caper, a frisk; a prank. E16.
B. verb intrans. = GAMBOL verb. E-M16.
? Supplanted by variant GAMBOL during 16; readopted by Sir Walter Scott in E19.