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Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (5/1/2006 7:37:04 AM)
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Whose turn is it now?
According to OED, "gambado" has several meanings:
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A kind of large boot or gaiter, attached to a saddle, to protect the rider's legs and feet from the wet or cold. In later use sometimes applied to leather leggings or overalls fastened with clasps.
A bound or spring (of a horse): = GAMBADE
A fantastic movement, as in dancing or leaping about; a caper.
fig. Any sudden or fantastic action.
Hence gambado v. intr., to prance, caper.
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