gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)
(usually plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
(in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes
A gambade (leaping movement).
gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)
(intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).
Source: Wiktionary
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
