abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
(noun) a building where animals are butchered
shambles
(noun) a condition of great disorder
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shambles (plural shambles)
work done in a poor fashion
a scene of great disorder or ruin
a great mess or clutter
a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
a slaughterhouse
(archaic) a butcher's shop
shambles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shamble
Source: Wiktionary
Sham"ble, n. Etym: [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining)
Definition: One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
2. pl.
Definition: A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak.
3. pl.
Definition: A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak.
Sham"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling.] Etym: [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.]
Definition: To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
