SHAMBLING
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling
(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; “from his shambling I assumed he was very old”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
shambling
present participle of shamble
Adjective
shambling (comparative more shambling, superlative most shambling)
Who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.
Noun
shambling (plural shamblings)
An awkward, irregular gait.
Source: Wiktionary
Sham"bling, a.
Definition: Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling
trot; shambling legs.
Sham"bling, n.
Definition: An awkward, irregular gait.
SHAMBLE
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