Definition of "gambadoes" [gam•ba•does]

• Gamashes; spatterdashes (noun)

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• "His legs were defended with strong leathern gambadoes, which, according to an antiquarian contrivance, opened at the sides, and were secured by steel clasps."
• "No: he puts on his most vainqueur look, he sticks his thumbs into the armholes of his waistcoat, and advances, retreats, pirouettes, and otherwise gambadoes, as though to say,"
• "His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes, fastened at the sides with rusty clasps."