In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ambling
present participle of amble
ambling (plural amblings)
The act of one who ambles.
• Gamblin, balming, blaming, gamblin', lambing
Source: Wiktionary
Am"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambling.] Etym: [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. base. Cf. Ambulate.]
1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.
Am"ble, n.
1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. "A fine easy amble." B. Jonson.
2. A movement like the amble of a horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.