gamb
/ɡamb/Heraldry
noun
The leg of an animal (especially a lion) as represented on a coat of arms.
- In technical use sometimes used specifically to denote the lower part of the leg, extending as far as the second joint..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Guillim's Display of Heraldrie. From Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French gambe, variant of jambe leg.
- ascertainment
- ascesis
- ascetic
- ascetically
- asceticism
- Ascham, Roger
- as chance would have it
- (as) cheap as chips
- aschelminth
- asci
- ascidian
- ASCII
- ascites
- ascitic
- (as) clean as a whistle
- (as) clean (or neat) as a new pin
- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) clear as day
- (as) clear as mud
- (as) clear (or sound) as a bell
- Asclepius
- (as) cold as ice (or stone or the grave etc.)
- as common as muck
- ascomycete
- ascon