Definition of Jambe

1. a jambeau [n -S] - See also: jambeau

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambe

jam sessions
jam tart
jam tarts
jam tomorrow
jamaat
jamaats
jamadar
jamadars
jamahiriyas
jamaica
jamaicine
jamais vu
jamb
jambalaya
jambalayas
jambe (current term)
jambeau
jambeaux
jambed
jambee
jambees
jamber
jamberry
jambers
jambes
jambeux
jambia
jambias
jambier
jambiers

Literary usage of Jambe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and Improvements of by Abel Boyer (1833)
"Donner ¡e croc en jambe à quelqu'un, to trip up one's heels, give one a fall. ... Faire une jambe de chien à une manoeuvre, to sheep-shank a rope. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< OF. gambe, jambe, jume, F. jambe = Pr. gamba = Sp. gamba, ... Also jambe. I'.lu hu found that when a root is placed vertically be tween two electrodes it ..."

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