English Explanatory Dictionary

numbles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.

Word forms

numbles nombles

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

umbles
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