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Definition of "jambe" []

  • An obsolete form of jamb. (noun)
  • [OF.: see jamb. Cf. jambieres.] Armor for the leg, sometimes made of cuir-bouilli, but most frequently of metal, much used during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. See solleret, and second cut under armor. (noun)
  • In heraldry, same as gamb. (noun)
  • Swift.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "jambe" in a sentence
  • "The little grammar-school boys, known by the name of Grimos, called those leg-grown slangams Jambus, in allusion to the French word jambe, which signifieth a leg."
  • "Although irreverently trivialized in the Western world -- perceived by outsiders as uncultivated or lacking structure -- dances like Lamba from the Bambara people of Mali could rival any French derived Grand rond de jambe."
  • "The first time I went to a salon de beaute 'for un'epilation, when the beautician asked which body parts I answered "demi-jambe et les airelles"."
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