hamble

/ˈhæm.bəl/

hamble means A river in Hampshire, England.

hamble is pronounced /ˈhæm.bəl/.

Etymology

From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”).

name

A river in Hampshire, England.

verb

To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
To walk lame; limp.

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