Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The entrails of a deer.
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- noun archaic The
entrails of adeer or other animal, used for food.
Etymologies
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From Middle French nombles ("loin of meat"), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles ("loins"), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus ("loin").
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Examples
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The only term he couldn't help me with is "numbles".
Archive 2006-12-01 Rus Bowden 2006
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The only term he couldn't help me with is "numbles".
News at Eleven: The only time I felt last night's supper Rus Bowden 2006
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_Humble-pie_, a pie made of umbles or numbles (the heart, liver, kidneys, etc.) of the deer.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634
sionnach commented on the word numbles
animal internal organs
April 15, 2008